General and Operations Managers
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 26,230.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in San Diego earn more.
$119,600 in San Diego buys what $106,900 buys across the country as a whole.
San Diego's regional price parity is 111.9 — well above the national average — a dollar here buys noticeably less than in the US as a whole. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in California
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. San Diego |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose | $163,860 | $148,400 | 110.4 | +38.8% |
| San Francisco | $149,990 | $129,700 | 115.6 | +21.4% |
| Los Angeles | $125,830 | $110,800 | 113.6 | +3.7% |
| San Diego This page | $119,600 | $106,900 | 111.9 | — |
| Sacramento | $118,460 | $111,100 | 106.7 | +3.9% |
| Vallejo | $114,410 | $105,500 | 108.5 | −1.3% |
| Santa Maria | $111,390 | $102,400 | 108.8 | −4.2% |
| Santa Rosa | $109,970 | $102,000 | 107.8 | −4.6% |
Price parity and difference against San Diego are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 26,230 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 11-1021, General and Operations Managers. Mapped to our taxonomy as general-and-operations-managers.
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