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General and Operations Managers pay in Trenton-Princeton, NJ and Vallejo, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for General and Operations Managers is $181,450 per year in Trenton-Princeton, NJ. It is $114,410 per year in Vallejo, CA. Trenton-Princeton, NJ is 58.6% above Vallejo, CA 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 3,100 wage and salary jobs in Trenton-Princeton, NJ and 2,310 in Vallejo, CA. 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