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General and Operations Managers pay in Idaho and New Jersey
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for General and Operations Managers is $80,390 per year in Idaho. It is $173,690 per year in New Jersey. Idaho is 53.7% below New Jersey 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 24,880 wage and salary jobs in Idaho and 53,000 in New Jersey. 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