Salary for Senior-level / Expert IT Operations Manager in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert IT Operations Manager in United States during 2025 is USD 157,048

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert IT Operations Manager salary lies between USD 135,000 and USD 184,000 in the United States. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
IT Operations Manager
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 216,000
Top 25%
$ 184,000
Median
$ 157,048
Bottom 25%
$ 135,000
Bottom 10%
$ 121,680

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert IT Operations Manager roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert IT Operations Manager job listings are CISSP, ITIL and Clearance. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

CISSP | 5 jobs ITIL | 5 jobs Clearance | 5 jobs Cloud | 5 jobs Active Directory | 4 jobs Windows | 4 jobs Monitoring | 4 jobs DNS | 3 jobs Security Clearance | 3 jobs Compliance | 3 jobs Incident response | 2 jobs Nuclear | 2 jobs Firewalls | 2 jobs Malware | 2 jobs CISM | 2 jobs DoDD 8570 | 2 jobs C | 2 jobs Linux | 2 jobs Top Secret | 2 jobs TS/SCI | 2 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert IT Operations Manager roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert IT Operations Manager job listings are Career development, 401(k) matching and Parental leave. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 5 jobs 401(k) matching | 4 jobs Parental leave | 4 jobs Health care | 4 jobs Medical leave | 4 jobs Insurance | 4 jobs Competitive pay | 3 jobs Flex hours | 2 jobs Flex vacation | 1 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Travel | 1 jobs Startup environment | 1 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs Team events | 1 jobs Salary bonus | 1 jobs

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