Expert Operations Manager salary in San Jose, CA

Based on 28 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level IV in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Mountain View, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, Milpitas.

Also listed as: General Manager

Median salary$250,973
Middle 50%$251k–$271.3k
vs. all levels here+28%comparison median $195,894
Filings28FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $238,888 and $310,950.
PercentileSalary
10th$238,888
25th$250,973
50th (median)$250,973
75th$271,250
90th$291,040

Salary by year

Median salary

$180k $225k $270k FY2022: median $220,314 (17 filings) FY2023: median $210,000 (13 filings) FY2024: median $240,885 (12 filings) FY2025: median $250,973 (15 filings) FY2026: median $254,800 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 8 filings FY20 FY2021: 8 filings FY21 FY2022: 17 filings FY22 FY2023: 13 filings FY23 FY2024: 12 filings FY24 FY2025: 15 filings FY25 FY2026: 13 filings FY26 17
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–––8
FY2021–––8
FY2022$220,314$220,314$240,00017
FY2023$210,000$207,000$240,50013
FY2024$240,885$240,490$268,00012
FY2025$250,973$238,888$265,00015
FY2026$254,800$250,973$282,00013

Cost of living

San Jose's median expert Operations Manager salary of $250,973 is worth about $227,300 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; San Jose = 110.4).

Compared with all workers here

All General and Operations Managers in the San Jose, CA area earned a median of $163,860 in May 2025 (17,230 employed). The H-1B median here is $250,973, 53% 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
Palo Alto Networkstoo few4
ServiceNowtoo few4
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Companytoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $98,000 16
Mid-level · Level II $148,400 24
Senior · Level III $195,894 27
Expert · Level IV $250,973 28

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$88,088$98,00016
Mid-level · Level II$138,362$148,40024
Senior · Level III$188,614$195,89427
Expert · Level IV$250,973$250,97328

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.