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PERM occupation, SOC 11-1021, #146 of 1,410 by filings
General and Operations Managers
- Biggest sponsor
- AIRBNB, INC. · 1% of its filings
- Busiest state
- CA · 20% of its filings
- Major group
- Management · SOC 11
Weighing an offer for this job?
Where it falls among certified offers, and the four wage levels DOL sets for it by area.
Median wage
$110,406
all PERM $103,272
Filings
335
#146 of 1,410
Approval
88.9%
field 96.8%
Median days
393
84 faster than the field
What it pays
Where its median offer sits among every occupation, then the whole ladder of certified offers by year and by state.
Median offered wage
$110,406above 74%
Approval rate
88.9%ahead of 12%
Median days to decision
393 daysahead of 75%
Each bar counts occupations at that value. More
Who files it
The sponsors and firms with the most PERM filings under this code, the places the work sits, and who the workers were.
Sponsors filing it
- AIRBNB, INC. 3 filings
- CUMMINS INC. 3 filings
- SERVICENOW, INC. 3 filings
- ALTEN TECHNOLOGY USA, INC. 2 filings
- CHEWY, INC. DBA CHEWY.COM 2 filings
- D3 LLC 2 filings
How this is counted
The employers with the most applications under this code. 15 of 335 filings, 4% of the total.
Firms filing it
- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP 31 filings · 87.1% approved
- Berry Appleman Leiden LLP 9 filings
- Elizabeth Reed Law Firm PLLC 5 filings
- Jackson Lewis PC 5 filings
- Berardi Immigration Law 4 filings
- Dentons Cohen Grigsby P.C. 4 filings
How this is counted
The law firms named on the most applications under this code. 58 of 335 filings, 17% of the total.
Where the jobs are
- California 66
- Florida 57
- Texas 51
- New York 28
- New Jersey 14
- Georgia 12
How this is counted
The worksite state on the application, which is where the job is and not where the company is headquartered. Volume by state across everyone is on the state map. These 6 states cover 228 of 335 filings.
Where the work is
- New York, NY 21
- Miami, FL 18
- Houston, TX 17
- San Francisco, CA 6
- Atlanta, GA 5
- Laredo, TX 5
How this is counted
The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 72 of 335 filings.
- Every sponsor that files it, by state, approval rate, offered wage and time to a decision
- Every filing for it, PERM, wage requests and H-1B, case by case
Who filled these jobs, FY2016 to FY2023
From DOL's old form; the form in use since mid-2023 doesn't carry them. Top six of each.
Country of citizenship
- India 439
- Canada 362
- South Korea 244
- United Kingdom 243
- Mexico 180
- China 165
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 1,463
- Master's 1,208
- None 511
- High School 166
- Other 139
- Associate's 87
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,199
- E-2 569
- L-1 393
- F-1 204
- TN 153
- NOT IN USA 135
Schools
- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 20
- UNIVERSIDAD METROPOLITANA 18
- UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 18
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY 16
- STANFORD UNIVERSITY 16
- UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 13
Fields of study
- BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 808
- ECONOMICS 70
- INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING 68
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 65
- MANAGEMENT 63
- ACCOUNTING 37
The job itself
What O*NET says the work is, what the market pays it by BLS's survey, its outlook, and DOL's wage levels year by year.
- United States3,503,020 jobs
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJNew York
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FLMiami
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TXHouston
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CASan Francisco
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GAAtlanta
- middle half of pay (BLS)
- median
- 10th to 90th percentile
- DOL's Levels I to IV, left to right
- median PERM offer
| Area | BLS median | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $105,770 | ||||
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $157,000 | $81,411 | $135,034 | $188,677 | $242,299 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $105,640 | $57,595 | $94,224 | $130,874 | $167,502 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $119,600 | $59,446 | $102,669 | $145,891 | $189,114 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $149,990 | $80,933 | $128,835 | $176,758 | $224,661 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $111,410 | $61,630 | $101,400 | $141,170 | $180,939 |
How these figures fit together
BLS surveys employers on what they pay everyone in a job; DOL builds its four levels from the same survey a year later (the July 2026 wage year uses BLS's May 2025 estimates). DOL publishes levels by area, not nationally, so the United States line has none. Levels are hourly in DOL's tables; here they're shown a year at 2,080 hours, as DOL computes them. The metros are the ones holding the most of this job's PERM filings, placed by Census's county files.
The block is the middle half of what employers report paying everyone in this job, citizen or not; the ticks under it are DOL's four prevailing wage levels for that metro, the floors a PERM or H-1B offer is held to. More
DOL's levels for this job in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, year by year
Each July DOL resets the four levels from BLS's newest survey. A determination keeps the figures of the year it was issued in.
| Wage year | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | $81,411 | $135,034 | $188,677 | $242,299 |
| 2025-26 | $77,293 | $131,934 | $186,597 | $241,238 |
| 2024-25 | $76,128 | $128,544 | $180,981 | $233,397 |
| 2023-24 | $72,779 | $123,302 | $173,826 | $224,349 |
| 2022-23 | $70,491 | $114,629 | $158,787 | $202,925 |
| 2021-22 | $75,733 | $124,051 | $172,370 | $220,688 |
What the job is
Plan, direct, or coordinate the operations of public or private sector organizations, overseeing multiple departments or locations. Duties and responsibilities include formulating policies, managing daily operations, and planning the use of materials and human resources, but are too diverse and general in nature to be classified in any one functional area of management or administration, such as personnel, purchasing, or administrative services. Usually manage through subordinate supervisors. Excludes First-Line Supervisors.
- Preparation
- Considerable Preparation Needed
- O*NET Job Zone 4
- DOL's education basis
- Bachelor's degree
- Wage year 2026-27, on DOL's Appendix A list
- Jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +5.0%
- About 285,000 openings a year (BLS)
- Typical entry
- Bachelor's degree
- 5 years or more of related work (BLS)
Bright Outlook O*NET OnLine lists this job for rapid growth and numerous job openings.
The work, most important first
- 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.
- Plan or direct activities, such as sales promotions, that require coordination with other department managers.
The education workers in it report
- 10%
Less than a High School Diploma
- 29%
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
- 6%
Post-Secondary Certificate
- 22%
Some College Courses
- 6%
Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree
- 27%
Bachelor's Degree
Titles people use for it
General Manager (GM), Operations Director, Operations Manager, Store Manager, Business Manager, Center Manager, Department Manager, District Manager.
Related jobs: Chief Executives, Administrative Services Managers, Industrial Production Managers, First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers, Facilities Managers, Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers.
This section includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database and O*NET OnLine by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. PERM Tracker has modified some of this information (the shares are rounded and only the top tasks are shown); what changed. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.
Against other jobs
Where this sits in the ranking
Ranked 146 of 1,410 by volume: 145 filed at least as many filings, and 1,264 filed no more.
- Just above
- Coaches and Scouts 335 filings
- Just below
- Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 334 filings
Other management roles
Occupations sharing this one's SOC major group, which is carried in the first two digits of the code. More
Occupations sharing this one's SOC major group, which is carried in the first two digits of the code. Wages inside a group still swing hard, because the group holds every seniority level and every metro.
- #140 Quality Control Systems Managers 363 filings · 6 denied
- #157 Architectural and Engineering Managers 308 filings · 8 denied
- #162 Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 294 filings · 26 denied
- #170 Financial Managers 274 filings · 13 denied
- #114 Marketing Manager 474 filings · 14 denied
- #180 Purchasing Managers 243 filings · 7 denied
The same job on H-1B
10,717 certified H-1B labor condition applications for this occupation since FY2020, offering a median of $128,544 a year; the middle half ran $86,000 to $180,114. By state and year in the salary explorer.
Notes on these numbers
Reading the wage
A floor, not a salary survey: every level and metro mixed. DOL's four wage levels for this job, by area.
What the median is
The median wage employers committed to in federal filings for this occupation. It mixes every experience level and every metro, and it's a floor: the employer must offer at least the prevailing wage DOL determines for the occupation, level and county. Across all PERM filings the middle half of offered wages runs $45,178 to $141,357, so a figure inside that band is unremarkable whichever occupation it belongs to. The levels page reads DOL's OFLC wage search live.
What these numbers don't say
4 notes
- The code is the identity
- This one is SOC 11-1021. Two SOC codes can carry the same job title, so a title that looks duplicated on the ranking is two different occupations. Match on the code when you're checking a specific filing.
- A median isn’t an offer
- It's the middle of all 335 wages committed to for this occupation across the country, entry level and principal alike. The same role's medians swing hard by worksite, which the state map shows directly.
- Approval isn’t about the occupation
- The denial rate moves with what happened in the filing rather than with the job title, so nothing here is a property of General and Operations Managers. The measured factors are on the denial risk page, published as separate rates.
- Nothing here is pending
- All 335 counted here carry a decision date, because every case in DOL's disclosure files does, so a case still waiting is in none of them. The largest filer of this occupation is AIRBNB, INC.. Where the queue stands today is on the processing times page.
The window these figures cover: DOL's PERM disclosure files for fiscal years 2024 to 2026, through the third quarter of 2026, 373,939 decided cases. Nothing pending is counted here. How each figure is built
Weighing an offer?
Compare it against this median, then check the state map, where the same occupation's medians swing hard by worksite.
Setting one?
All 1,410 occupations sort together on the wages page, and denial rates show how outcome moves with the offered wage.
Filings newer than DOL's last published file can't be attributed to this occupation until DOL publishes them. The live list on the case search page carries them by employer.
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
Employers and firms: Derived from DOL's disclosure files · data through Jun 30, 2026 · rebuilt with each quarterly load
O*NET occupation data: O*NET Database, USDOL/ETA (onetcenter.org) · data through Aug 16, 2026 · twice a year
BLS market pay: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (bls.gov) · data through May 31, 2025 · yearly, each spring
BLS employment projections: BLS Employment Projections (bls.gov) · data through Dec 31, 2025 · yearly, each autumn
DOL wage tables: DOL OFLC wage data downloads (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jul 1, 2026 · yearly, each july
What each source includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
Employers and firms: Employers, law firms and occupations ranked from decided cases only.
O*NET occupation data: What O*NET says each occupation is and takes: its description, tasks, Job Zone and the education workers report. A description of the job everywhere, not of any one employer's opening.
BLS market pay: What employers report paying everyone in each job, nationally, by state and by metro, from BLS's yearly survey (May of the year named). Citizens and immigrants alike; not PERM offers.
BLS employment projections: BLS's ten-year projection of each job's employment and yearly openings, and the entry education it calls typical. A projection, not a count.
DOL wage tables: The four prevailing wage levels DOL publishes for every job in every area, each wage year from 2021-22, as DOL's own tables print them. The floors an offer is held to, not what anyone was paid.
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