Senior Operations Manager salary in Dallas, TX

Based on 14 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Fort Worth, Frisco, Plano, Irving, Arlington.

Also listed as: General Manager

Median salary$142,500
Middle 50%$134.3k–$149.6k
vs. all levels here+24%comparison median $115,000
Filings14FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $132,954 and $216,550.
PercentileSalary
10th$132,954
25th$134,306
50th (median)$142,500
75th$149,644
90th$160,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $130k $160k FY2022: median $149,508 (11 filings) FY2023: median $129,593 (13 filings) FY2024: median $120,000 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 6 filings FY20 FY2021: 1 filings FY21 FY2022: 11 filings FY22 FY2023: 13 filings FY23 FY2024: 13 filings FY24 FY2025: 7 filings FY25 FY2026: 7 filings FY26 13
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––6
FY2021–––1
FY2022$149,508$141,650$160,00011
FY2023$129,593$112,840$158,60013
FY2024$120,000$117,478$150,00013
FY2025–––7
FY2026–––7

Cost of living

Dallas's median senior Operations Manager salary of $142,500 is worth about $138,200 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Dallas = 103.1).

Compared with all workers here

All General and Operations Managers in the Dallas, TX area earned a median of $111,010 in May 2025 (125,090 employed). The H-1B median here is $142,500, 28% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Heidelberg Materialstoo few3
Nexturntoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $55,540 24
Mid-level · Level II $97,198 42
Senior · Level III $142,500 14
Expert · Level IV $206,000 29

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$52,062$55,54024
Mid-level · Level II$92,498$97,19842
Senior · Level III$140,982$142,50014
Expert · Level IV$173,389$206,00029

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.