General and operations managers oversee the daily operations of businesses across many industries. Based on 12,757 certified H-1B and PERM filings from U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data, the median sponsored salary for a General & Operations Manager is $119,500 per year.
| Percentile | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| 10th (entry) | $56,493 |
| 25th | $77,522 |
| 50th (median) | $119,500 |
| 75th | $165,000 |
| 90th (senior) | $213,699 |
Every other salary site shows the LCA-posted wage — the wage for the position. Using USCIS I-129 petition data, we can compare that against the actual pay the sponsored worker received, and the prevailing-wage floor, across 787 matched General & Operations Managers petitions.
The median worker is paid essentially at the posted LCA wage, but the mean actual pay runs 1.9% above the mean posted wage — so the upside is concentrated in the top earners. 20.7% are paid above their posted wage, 71.8% at it, and 7.5% below.
Actual-pay data covers FY2021–FY2024 cap-subject H-1B lottery petitions matched to certified LCAs (aggregates only). Base wage excludes equity and bonuses, so it is not total compensation. Source: I-129 petition data sourced from USCIS, obtained by Bloomberg.
Of 12,757 filings, 5,411 are H-1B (temporary work visa) and 7,346 are PERM (green-card labor certification, 58% of the total).
| # | Employer | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC. | 61 | $126,493 |
| 2 | NextDecade LNG, LLC | 23 | $172,917 |
| 3 | IBM CORPORATION | 22 | $129,327 |
| 4 | Deloitte LLP | 20 | $178,729 |
| 5 | ZIMMERMANN USA INC. | 18 | $115,130 |
| 6 | APPLE INC. | 16 | $151,850 |
| 7 | American Airlines, Inc. | 16 | $188,863 |
| 8 | Microsoft Corporation | 16 | $185,268 |
| 9 | Bluestone Lane Holdings LLC | 13 | $100,545 |
| 10 | Citizens Holdings LLC | 13 | $129,000 |
| 11 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | 13 | $166,182 |
| 12 | Deferit, Inc. | 11 | $155,000 |
| 13 | HF OPERATIONS (US) LLC | 11 | $109,686 |
| 14 | WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC. | 11 | $209,374 |
| 15 | CHANGE.ORG, PBC | 11 | $230,800 |
| 16 | NEWMONT INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED | 10 | $240,548 |
| 17 | OLD MATES 170 JOHN LLC | 10 | $88,500 |
| 18 | FAYMAN FOOD GROUP LLC | 10 | $193,000 |
| 19 | AUDIBLE, INC. | 10 | $190,202 |
| 20 | NES Global LLC | 10 | $135,972 |
| State | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|
| California | 2,647 | $139,890 |
| New York | 1,936 | $153,953 |
| Florida | 1,392 | $111,181 |
| Texas | 1,273 | $131,078 |
| New Jersey | 360 | $152,470 |
| Illinois | 335 | $134,280 |
| Massachusetts | 250 | $125,824 |
| Georgia | 232 | $113,539 |
| Washington | 231 | $139,341 |
| Pennsylvania | 211 | $126,699 |
| Colorado | 207 | $136,729 |
| Virginia | 202 | $117,140 |
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Salaries are the certified offered annual wage on public U.S. Department of Labor H-1B (LCA) and PERM disclosure filings, not a guarantee of pay. Occupation is the DOL-assigned Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code.