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General & Operations Managers salary in Albuquerque, NM

Median pay for general & operations managers in Albuquerque, NM: $98,400/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $49,050 – $209,820 · about 7,400 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($97,370) by +$1,030 (+1%).

What it's really worth in Albuquerque

With Albuquerque's cost of living at 94 (US=100), that $98,400 has the buying power of about $105,098 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $63,971 · median home $352,894 · median rent $1,502/mo.

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How Albuquerque ranks for this job

On raw pay, Albuquerque, NM is 89th of the 186 metros we hold general & operations managers wages for. Once Albuquerque's cost of living is applied, it ranks 52nd.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Albuquerque is one of the places where general & operations managers gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Albuquerque

A median home in Albuquerque, NM costs $352,894 — about 3.6× 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 $1,502/mo works out at 18% 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 Albuquerque.

MetroMedian payvs AlbuquerqueRent vs Albuquerque
San Jose, CA $166,660 +69% 2.4×
Trenton, NJ $154,790 +57% 1.7×
San Francisco, CA $143,250 +46% 2.2×
Washington, DC $142,730 +45% 1.6×

Who hires general & operations managers around Albuquerque

Large local employers in sectors that typically employ this role.

Other jobs in Albuquerque

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.