Senior Operations Manager salary in New York, NY

Based on 88 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Brooklyn, Jersey City, Parsippany, Somerset, Bronx.

Also listed as: General Manager

Median salary$198,500
Middle 50%$186.6k–$210.5k
vs. all levels here+35%comparison median $146,619
Filings88FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $180,981 and $371,769.
PercentileSalary
10th$181,000
25th$186,597
50th (median)$198,500
75th$210,500
90th$231,500

Salary by year

Median salary

$150k $180k $210k FY2020: median $175,695 (29 filings) FY2021: median $173,056 (31 filings) FY2022: median $185,450 (30 filings) FY2023: median $185,900 (29 filings) FY2024: median $195,000 (43 filings) FY2025: median $193,500 (38 filings) FY2026: median $200,000 (50 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 29 filings FY20 FY2021: 31 filings FY21 FY2022: 30 filings FY22 FY2023: 29 filings FY23 FY2024: 43 filings FY24 FY2025: 38 filings FY25 FY2026: 50 filings FY26 50
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$175,695$169,000$187,00029
FY2021$173,056$167,191$196,30031
FY2022$185,450$175,000$200,00030
FY2023$185,900$169,950$200,00029
FY2024$195,000$180,000$205,00043
FY2025$193,500$181,250$200,83038
FY2026$200,000$186,597$220,00050

Cost of living

New York's median senior Operations Manager salary of $198,500 is worth about $176,300 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; New York = 112.6).

Compared with all workers here

All General and Operations Managers in the New York, NY area earned a median of $157,000 in May 2025 (177,850 employed). The H-1B median here is $198,500, 26% 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
Solar Landscapetoo few4
American Legal Technologiestoo few3
Broadridge Financial Solutionstoo few2
Cantera Labortoo few2
Invisible Technologiestoo few2
Outerspace Opstoo few2
Rang Technologiestoo few2
SoundHoundtoo few2
The Bank of New York Mellontoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $77,293 146
Mid-level · Level II $140,000 121
Senior · Level III $198,500 88
Expert · Level IV $250,000 63

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$76,128$77,293146
Mid-level · Level II$128,544$140,000121
Senior · Level III$186,597$198,50088
Expert · Level IV$241,238$250,00063

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.