- As of May 2009, operations managers made a mean salary of $110,550 per year according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This high salary usually comes as a cost of working long hours, with schedules that include evenings and weekends. However, because these managers are at the top of the working chart, they can set their own schedule. Operation managers usually have private, spacious offices and can rely on support staff to perform routine tasks. They often travel to attend conferences or to meet with other top executives in branch offices.
- Operations managers normally achieve their positions after many years of experience in subordinate positions. Once at the top, however, their salaries rise with the passing years, provided that their companies continue to be successful. As of March 2011, according to PayScale, new managers start out making $34,369 to $52,126 per year before earning $37,780 to $57,729 with one to four years experience. With 10 to 19 years of employment, they get between $50,447 to $80,963, with upper salaries of $91,821 for 20 or more years of work.
- Though operations managers are found in nearly field of industry, they are most numerous in organizations that take over the management of other companies. Here, managers comprise almost four percent of the total 1.6 million available positions and earn a mean $134,590 per year, which is higher than the national mean. Local government form the next highest employer, with almost three percent of the total, but with wages of $90,350 per year.
- The highest paying industries for operations managers are those involving the multi-million dollar world of investments. The top of this list belongs to financial investment activities other than securities and commodities exchanges and brokerages. They offer a mean salary of $173,120 per year, employing 8,260 people. Securities and commodity brokers had the next highest salaries with a mean $164,520 earned annually.
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