General and Operations Managers
SOC 11-1021 · 2024-2034
Plan, direct, or coordinate the operations of public or private sector organizations, overseeing multiple departments or locations. Duties and responsibilities include formulating policies, managing daily operations, and planning the use of materials and human resources, but are too diverse and general in nature to be classified in any one functional area of management or administration, such as personnel, purchasing, or administrative services. Usually manage through subordinate supervisors. Excludes First-Line Supervisors.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $126,477per year
- Projected openings
- 264,410
- Projected change
- +6.7%
- Usually needs
- Bachelor's degree
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Numerous Job Openings
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Coordination
- Critical Thinking
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $167,370 | 18,400 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $165,493 | 15,780 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $140,366 | 17,520 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $135,307 | 2,000 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $131,394 | 27,760 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $129,108 | 66,810 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $127,206 | 1,250 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $122,408 | 15,750 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $117,723 | 2,060 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $116,633 | 3,890 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $112,661 | 2,180 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $112,070 | 3,200 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $110,155 | 1,620 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $108,047 | 3,520 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $106,988 | 21,680 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $105,470 | 1,940 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $105,185 | 1,020 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $104,411 | 3,840 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $104,370 | 5,130 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $103,555 | 5,600 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $103,423 | 1,700 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $102,547 | 500 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $101,100 | 780 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $100,958 | 1,060 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $100,825 | 940 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $100,825 | 2,590 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $100,347 | 1,580 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $100,062 | 1,080 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $99,878 | 1,900 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $94,816 | 650 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | Not reported | 23,790 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Facilities Managers | $120,610 | 19,690 | +8% |
| Chief Executives | $222,267 | 36,890 | +7.4% |
| Industrial Production Managers | $134,845 | 18,120 | +0.8% |
| Administrative Services Managers | $110,717 | 37,770 | +7.1% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers | $81,879 | 20,300 | -4.9% |
| Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $125,857 | 29,110 | +11.9% |
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