What is the average Operations salary?

The median Operations salary is $145,050 based on 5,000 job postings with published compensation data across 208 companies.

How does Operations salary vary by seniority?

Operations salaries range from $82,726 at the intern level to $310,000 at the vp level.

Which companies pay the most for Operations roles?

The highest-paying companies for Operations include OpenAI ($323,000), LiveRamp ($299,000), SentinelOne ($294,975).

Operations Salary Guide 2026

Median Salary

$145,050

Operations roles

Jobs with Pay Data

7,096

postings with salary info

Salary Range

$113,750 – $170,000

25th to 75th percentile

Companies Reporting

208

with compensation data

Salary by Seniority

Median Operations salary by experience level

intern

$82,726

junior

$80,200

mid

$122,250

senior

$158,850

staff

$193,000

principal

$177,411

manager

$141,200

director

$174,000

$310,000

Top-Paying Companies

By median Operations salary

OpenAI

$323,000

LiveRamp

$299,000

SentinelOne

$294,975

Veeam

$275,000

Omada Health

$273,600

Anthropic

$270,000

Figma

$264,500

Netflix

$252,000

Notion

$245,000

Samsung Semiconductor

$245,000

Top Locations by Salary

Median salary by location

Panamá

$503,500

Remote-Friendly

$362,500

Los Gatos

$310,000

Menlo Park

$254,375

Irving

$245,300

Hybrid - San Francisco

$242,500

Headquarters/Sunnyvale Office

$225,000

Mountain View

$216,500

Compensation Distribution

Sampled from 5,000 of 7,096 Operations postings with salary data

<$75k

228

$75k–$100k

461

$100k–$150k

2,055

$150k–$200k

1,779

$200k–$300k

452

$300k+

Operations Jobs with Salary

Senior Field Operations Manager

senior Operations Manager · Abnormal Security · Remote (United States)

Salesforce Security Performance Optimization

$134k – $193k

Senior Lead Architect

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

Java Docker CI/CD

$149k – $276k

New Associate Systems Designer (Temporary)

mid Systems Engineer · Activision Blizzard · Santa Monica, CA · Posted Jul 13, 2026

Git System Design

$50k – $94k

Principal AI Technologist

principal Manufacturing Engineer · Adobe · Remote (United States) · Posted Apr 20, 2026

Express LLMs AI Agents

$145k – $261k

Principal Architect, Express AI Foundations

principal Network Engineer · Adobe · San Jose, CA · Posted Mar 25, 2026

Python Java Express

$206k – $379k

Project Manager

mid Program Manager · Adobe · San Jose, CA · Posted May 14, 2026

Express Agile

$95k – $171k

Sr. Executive Assistant

senior Operations Manager · Adobe · San Jose, CA · Posted May 12, 2026

Express

$98k – $196k

Procurement - Technology - Cloud Category Manager

mid Procurement Manager · Adobe · Lehi, UT · Posted Mar 16, 2026

Express SaaS Data Analytics

$118k – $245k

Procurement Manager - Demand Intelligence & Strategic Consumption

manager Procurement Manager · Adobe · San Jose, CA · Posted May 6, 2026

Express SQL Tableau

$118k – $245k

Director, Business Operations

director Operations Manager · Adobe · San Jose, CA · Posted May 14, 2026

Express SaaS Mobile Development

$153k – $300k

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Other Role Family Salaries

Machine Learning $208,575 Product $200,500 Design $192,900 Legal $181,050 Security $180,700 Software Engineering $174,950 Data Engineering $172,750 Marketing $160,000 Sales $155,300 People $142,500 Services $142,500 Finance $132,200

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