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California · 2025 pay · 186 people

How much does an operations manager make in California?

$141,404typical pay for a operations manager in 2025

$109,824 – $186,616what most people earned

Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 0.8% from 2024.

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Where operations managers work

Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).

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Related jobs and the next step up

Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).

  1. Operations Assistant$52,881 (everyone)
  2. Operations Supervisor$102,597 (everyone)
  3. Assistant Operations Supervisor$103,323 (everyone)
  4. Assistant Operations Manager$122,726 (everyone)
  5. Operations Manager (this page)$141,404 (everyone)

Highest-paid operations managers, 2025

  1. 1Jose AvalosOperations Manager · San Jose$332,720

Common questions

How much does an operations manager make in California?

The typical operations manager was paid $141,404 in 2025; most earned between $109,824 and $186,616. This counts all 186 people paid, including part-year workers.

How much of the pay is overtime?

Overtime made up 1.0% of all pay for operations managers in 2025.

Which job titles are included?

Everyone whose payroll title is Operations Manager, at any level (for example "Operations Manager"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.

Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this