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General & Operations Managers salary in Austin, TX

Median pay for general & operations managers in Austin, TX: $102,590/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $40,610 – $239,200 · about 44,280 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($97,370) by +$5,220 (+5%).

What it's really worth in Austin

With Austin's cost of living at 98 (US=100), that $102,590 has the buying power of about $104,390 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $92,939 · median home $428,524 · median rent $1,635/mo.

Full Austin cost of living & taxes →

How Austin ranks for this job

On raw pay, Austin, TX is 53rd of the 186 metros we hold general & operations managers wages for. Once Austin's cost of living is applied, it ranks 60th.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Austin sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Austin

A median home in Austin, TX costs $428,524 — about 4.2× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,635/mo works out at 19% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where general & operations managers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Austin.

MetroMedian payvs AustinRent vs Austin
San Jose, CA $166,660 +62% 2.2×
Trenton, NJ $154,790 +51% 1.6×
San Francisco, CA $143,250 +40%
Washington, DC $142,730 +39% 1.5×

Same job elsewhere in TX

MetroMedian payvs AustinRent vs Austin
Dallas, TX $101,750 −1%
Houston, TX $101,270 −1%
Beaumont, TX $89,980 −12% 0.8×
San Antonio, TX $88,480 −14% 0.9×

Staying in TX keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

Who hires general & operations managers around Austin

Large local employers in sectors that typically employ this role.

Other jobs in Austin

Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 186 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.