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General and Operations Managers pay in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO and Trenton-Princeton, NJ
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for General and Operations Managers is $142,330 per year in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO. It is $181,450 per year in Trenton-Princeton, NJ. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is 21.6% 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 22,940 wage and salary jobs in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO 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