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General and Operations Managers pay in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC and Trenton-Princeton, NJ
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for General and Operations Managers is $102,360 per year in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. It is $181,450 per year in Trenton-Princeton, NJ. Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC is 43.6% below Trenton-Princeton, NJ on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-1021 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 4,230 wage and salary jobs in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC and 3,100 in Trenton-Princeton, NJ. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings