Hiring a general and operations manager in Corpus Christi, TX

Employers in the Corpus Christi, TX area pay general and operations managers a median of $90,600, with the middle half of the market between $57,740 and $145,810. Corpus Christi residents working in management occupations report a median of $72,116, which is 20% below what the metro pays for this role.

What does a general and operations manager earn here?

Place of work

What employers pay

Annual wages paid by employers in the Corpus Christi, TX area. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
25th percentile	$57,740
Median	$90,600
75th percentile	$145,810

Half of general and operations managers in this area earn between $57,740 and $145,810. A band set below $57,740 competes for the bottom quarter of the market.

Place of residence

What Corpus Christi residents earn

$72,116

Median earnings of Corpus Christi residents working in management occupations, 12,733 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 20% 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 role pays well above the local residential norm, which usually means you can hire from inside Corpus Christi rather than competing for commuters.

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 Corpus Christi?

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 24.3% of Corpus Christi adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. That is a thin local pool for a degree-requiring role, so expect to recruit across the metro rather than inside the city. Census ACS 5-year 2023, table S1501.

The average Corpus Christi commute runs 20.8 minutes, which is roughly how far your catchment reaches before candidates start saying no. 4.8% already work from home, so a fully onsite requirement here is competing against that.

How often do these jobs turn over?

In Nueces County, management of companies and enterprises employs 739 and turns over 8.2% a quarter, with 80 hires against 91 separations. Average earnings in that industry run $9,978 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 normal churn rate, where a well-run search closes on schedule.

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 $18,120 to $27,180 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.

Price this search

Eight questions about the role. Your tier range appears on screen.

Hiring a general and operations manager somewhere else?

Same role, different market. The wage band moves with the metro.

Other management roles in Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi is the 8th largest of 17 Texas cities in this dataset.