General & Operations Managers salary in Duluth, MN

Median pay for general & operations managers in Duluth, MN: $78,550/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $39,450 – $167,180 · about 2,760 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($97,370) by −$18,820 (-19%).

What it's really worth in Duluth

With Duluth's cost of living at 87 (US=100), that $78,550 has the buying power of about $90,100 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $67,612 · median home $264,350 · median rent $1,381/mo.

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How Duluth ranks for this job

On raw pay, Duluth, MN is 166th of the 186 metros we hold general & operations managers wages for. Once Duluth's cost of living is applied, it ranks 143rd.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Duluth 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 Duluth

A median home in Duluth, MN costs $264,350 — about 3.4× 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 $1,381/mo works out at 21% 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 Duluth.

Metro	Median pay	vs Duluth	Rent vs Duluth
San Jose, CA	$166,660	+112%	2.6×
Trenton, NJ	$154,790	+97%	1.9×
San Francisco, CA	$143,250	+82%	2.4×
Washington, DC	$142,730	+82%	1.7×

Same job elsewhere in MN

Metro	Median pay	vs Duluth	Rent vs Duluth
Minneapolis, MN	$102,460	+30%	1.2×

Staying in MN keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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