Management

General & Operations Managers

SOC 11-1021

Run the day-to-day of a business unit, coordinating staff, budgets, and output.

The job

Median pay

$106k

$72k to $167k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+5.0% projected

Openings a year

285k

BLS projection

Typical education

Bachelor's

Our model

AI displacement risk

High

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

9/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

62nd pct

More exposed than 62% of occupations · modeled estimate · 36th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

54/100

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Key skills

Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Speaking
Monitoring
Critical Thinking
Active Learning

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Texas	431,310	30.7	1.4×	$103k
California	300,840	16.5	0.7×	$124k
Florida	236,290	23.8	1.1×	$102k
New York	206,740	21.3	0.9×	$131k
Pennsylvania	172,010	28.4	1.3×	$103k
Illinois	171,300	28.1	1.3×	$104k
Ohio	153,160	27.6	1.2×	$98k
Georgia	111,060	22.7	1.0×	$104k
Arizona	110,480	34.1	1.5×	$95k
Missouri	109,020	37.1	1.6×	$79k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Virginia	103,590	25.2	1.1×	$122k
Maryland	96,740	35.0	1.6×	$118k
Massachusetts	95,880	26.4	1.2×	$127k
Michigan	85,860	19.5	0.9×	$100k
Minnesota	72,860	24.7	1.1×	$99k
North Carolina	63,740	12.9	0.6×	$102k
Tennessee	63,720	19.4	0.9×	$107k
New Jersey	53,000	12.4	0.6×	$174k
Kentucky	52,100	26.0	1.2×	$79k
Washington	50,630	14.3	0.6×	$134k
Indiana	47,180	14.7	0.7×	$108k
Oklahoma	43,890	25.7	1.1×	$90k
Louisiana	43,220	22.3	1.0×	$102k
Utah	42,580	24.5	1.1×	$98k
Colorado	41,870	14.6	0.7×	$132k
Connecticut	39,070	23.0	1.0×	$137k
Nevada	38,920	25.1	1.1×	$99k
Wisconsin	36,910	12.5	0.6×	$119k
Oregon	36,190	18.4	0.8×	$103k
Washington DC	36,150	51.5	2.3×	$168k
Arkansas	34,570	26.5	1.2×	$74k
South Carolina	32,230	14.0	0.6×	$106k
Iowa	30,760	19.7	0.9×	$88k
Alabama	30,170	14.3	0.6×	$112k
Idaho	24,880	29.0	1.3×	$80k
Kansas	24,660	17.2	0.8×	$93k
Nebraska	24,030	23.5	1.0×	$85k
New Hampshire	22,110	32.4	1.4×	$125k
New Mexico	16,330	18.7	0.8×	$99k
West Virginia	15,300	21.8	1.0×	$83k
Maine	14,770	23.1	1.0×	$99k
Hawaii	13,380	21.3	0.9×	$108k
Montana	11,840	23.1	1.0×	$91k
North Dakota	11,150	26.0	1.1×	$98k
Mississippi	10,630	9.1	0.4×	$107k
Rhode Island	9,150	18.3	0.8×	$117k
Vermont	8,000	26.3	1.2×	$99k
Wyoming	7,470	26.6	1.2×	$100k
Alaska	6,020	18.5	0.8×	$117k
Delaware	5,000	10.3	0.5×	$137k
South Dakota	4,280	9.4	0.4×	$137k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ177,850 jobs · $157k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX125,090 jobs · $111k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN122,930 jobs · $109k median
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV112,530 jobs · $156k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA104,610 jobs · $126k median
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX97,320 jobs · $120k median
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ81,520 jobs · $99k median
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL74,960 jobs · $106k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.