What is the average Operations salary?

The median Operations salary is $142,300 based on 5,000 job postings with published compensation data across 217 companies.

How does Operations salary vary by seniority?

Operations salaries range from $57,200 at the intern level to $160,250 at the director level.

Which companies pay the most for Operations roles?

The highest-paying companies for Operations include Lambda ($370,500), Redfin ($345,000), Sprinklr ($315,000).

Operations Salary Guide 2026

Median Salary

$142,300

Operations roles

Jobs with Pay Data

5,000

postings with salary info

Salary Range

$109,300 – $170,000

25th to 75th percentile

Companies Reporting

217

with compensation data

Salary by Seniority

Median Operations salary by experience level

intern

$57,200

junior

$79,040

mid

$115,250

senior

$158,850

staff

$193,000

principal

$142,500

manager

$140,000

director

$160,250

Top-Paying Companies

By median Operations salary

Lambda

$370,500

Redfin

$345,000

Sprinklr

$315,000

Netflix

$285,000

Rigetti

$275,000

Scale AI

$261,900

Elastic

$257,800

OpenAI

$252,000

Render

$248,000

Rubrik

$247,800

Top Locations by Salary

Median salary by location

Panamá

$503,500

Remote-Friendly

$362,500

Indianapolis

$345,000

Los Gatos

$312,500

Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco

$300,000

Research Triangle Park

$258,250

Foster City

$230,825

Kirkland

$224,950

Compensation Distribution

Based on 5,000 Operations postings with salary data

<$75k

296

$75k–$100k

542

$100k–$150k

2,003

$150k–$200k

1,609

$200k–$300k

506

$300k+

Operations Jobs with Salary

Sr HRIS Analyst

senior Business Analyst · 2U · Crystal City

Agile

$129k – $143k

AI Product Engineer

mid Manufacturing Engineer · Abnormal Security · Remote (United States)

Python React Next.js

$149k – $215k

Recruiting Systems & Operations Partner

mid Systems Engineer · Abnormal Security · Remote (United States)

LLMs Performance Optimization Automation

$130k – $187k

Senior (or above) Environment Artist

senior Data Center Engineer · Activision Blizzard · Santa Monica, CA · Posted Mar 18, 2026

$81k – $149k

Senior Business Analyst, Finance Engineering

senior Business Analyst · Activision Blizzard · Santa Monica, CA · Posted Mar 12, 2026

SQL Azure Jira

$81k – $149k

Senior Technical Project Manager

senior Program Manager · Activision Blizzard · Santa Monica, CA · Posted Mar 17, 2026

Jira Agile Performance Optimization

$93k – $172k

Supervisor, Revenue Accounting

mid Operations Manager · Activision Blizzard · Playa Vista, CA · Posted Nov 5, 2025

Looker Automation Power BI

$73k – $134k

Senior Analyst, Strategy

senior Network Engineer · Activision Blizzard · Santa Monica, CA · Posted Mar 23, 2026

$93k – $172k

New Operations Specialist

mid Operations Manager · Activision Blizzard · Santa Monica, CA · Posted Apr 3, 2026

Mobile Development

$54k – $102k

Intake Coordinator, Ethics & Compliance Operations

mid Operations Manager · Activision Blizzard · Santa Monica, CA · Posted Mar 25, 2026

$54k – $102k

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Other Role Family Salaries

Machine Learning $206,825 Product $204,957 Design $195,000 Software Engineering $187,250 Legal $181,050 Security $180,700 Data Engineering $175,979 Sales $161,000 Marketing $160,700 People $156,000 Services $147,500 Finance $142,000

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