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Average General And Operations Managers Salary in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI

General And Operations Managers in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI earn a median annual salary of $100,160, which is -5.3% compared to the national median. There are 2,330 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Kalamazoo-Portage, MI (metro area).

$100,160
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI median annual wage
$48/hour median
-5.3%
Difference vs national median
National median is $105,770
2,330
Local employment
19.2 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.85
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$49,210
25th
$66,880
Median
$100,160
75th
$154,180
90th
$210,700

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
94.8%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$105,609
Goods: 93.7%
Services: 99.3%
Rents: 81.6%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
Trenton-Princeton, NJ $181,450 Compare 3,100
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $163,860 Compare 17,230
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $157,000 Compare 177,850
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $156,460 Compare 112,530
Boulder, CO $152,100 Compare 2,750
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $149,990 Compare 43,520

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Physicians, All Other $305,510 1.45
Chief Executives $285,300 0.91
Family Medicine Physicians $244,310 1.81
Pediatricians, General $232,880 1.43
Dentists, General $187,770 0.93
Architectural And Engineering Managers $149,030 1.70
Pharmacists $140,910 0.98
Computer And Information Systems Managers $137,390 0.59

Kalamazoo-Portage, MI has salary data for 350 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for General And Operations Managers in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, General And Operations Managers are projected to change by +4.4% from 2024 to 2034, with 308,700 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.