Hiring a general and operations manager in Atlanta, GA
Employers in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA area pay general and operations managers a median of $111,410, with the middle half of the market between $76,980 and $171,900. Atlanta residents working in management occupations report a median of $105,282, which is 6% below what the metro pays for this role.
What does a general and operations manager earn here?
Place of work
What employers pay
| 25th percentile | $76,980 |
| Median | $111,410 |
| 75th percentile | $171,900 |
Half of general and operations managers in this area earn between $76,980 and $171,900. A band set below $76,980 competes for the bottom quarter of the market.
Place of residence
What Atlanta residents earn
$105,282
Median earnings of Atlanta residents working in management occupations, 42,199 people. Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011. Where people live, not where they work, so it is not the same measurement as the wages beside it.
The 6% figure is not a pay gap. ACS counts the civilian employed population 16 and over, part-time and part-year work included; OEWS counts wage-and-salary jobs only. The two populations differ, so read this number against other cities rather than as a shortfall: the same definitional difference applies to every city equally, which is what makes a city-to-city reading sound.
The two sit close together, so pay alone is unlikely to be what wins or loses this hire.
What does the role actually involve?
Core tasks
- Review financial statements, sales or activity reports, or other performance data to measure productivity or goal achievement or to identify areas needing cost reduction or program improvement.
- Direct and coordinate activities of businesses or departments concerned with the production, pricing, sales, or distribution of products.
- Direct administrative activities directly related to making products or providing services.
- Prepare staff work schedules and assign specific duties.
- Direct or coordinate financial or budget activities to fund operations, maximize investments, or increase efficiency.
O*NET 29.1, task statements for SOC 11-1021.
Tools and technologies in demand
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Creative Cloud software, Adobe Photoshop, Amazon Web Services AWS software, Apache Hadoop.
O*NET 29.1, flagged in demand or hot for this occupation. Useful as a screen, not as a checklist.
Is the talent actually in Atlanta?
This is a job zone four: considerable preparation needed occupation. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
That matters here, because 58.4% of Atlanta adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. That is a deep local pool for a degree-requiring role. Census ACS 5-year 2023, table S1501.
The average Atlanta commute runs 26.8 minutes, which is roughly how far your catchment reaches before candidates start saying no. 26.6% already work from home, so a fully onsite requirement here is competing against that.
How often do these jobs turn over?
In DeKalb County, management of companies and enterprises employs 4,586 and turns over 5.3% a quarter, with 387 hires against 348 separations. Average earnings in that industry run $13,495 a month. Census LEHD Quarterly Workforce Indicators, 2024 Q1, NAICS 55.
That figure covers every occupation in the industry, not this role alone, so read it as the local churn rate rather than as a number about general and operations managers. It still tells you what you are hiring into: a low-churn market, where people do not move often and passive candidates are the whole game.
What does the search cost?
The fee is set by the seniority of the role, never by salary and never by location. Across all six tiers it runs $6,240 to $54,340 per search. A contingency firm hiring at this role's median would bill roughly $22,282 to $33,423 on the first year salary alone.
One owner runs the search from market map to signed offer. Searches typically fill in 23 to 35 days, which is a typical window rather than a promise, and the replacement guarantee runs 45 days at 50% off.
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Hiring a general and operations manager somewhere else?
Same role, different market. The wage band moves with the metro.
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Atlanta is the largest of 3 Georgia cities in this dataset.