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General and Operations Managers

Occupation · SOC 2018 11-1021 · United States

SOC 2018 code
11-1021
Share of U.S. applications
0.33%
Applications on record
40,281
FY2025
3,120
Median offered wage
$131,934
Certified (last three years)
94.2%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$131,934certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as General and Operations Managers (SOC 11-1021). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — General and Operations Managers

1,5603,120FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
1,5603,120FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008345
FY2009878
FY20102,783
FY20112,336
FY20122,297
FY20131,744
FY20141,909
FY20152,104
FY20162,530
FY20172,404
FY20182,338
FY20192,368
FY20202,067
FY20211,952
FY20222,070
FY20232,150
FY20242,449
FY20253,120
FY2026*2,437
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*831,687739
FY20251432,413690
FY20244022,009398
FY20236831,670409
FY20223431,668365
FY202111301,356483
FY202027561,362424
FY201918341,684497
FY2018061,762570
FY2017011,997406
FY2016032,001526
FY2015061,829269
FY2014031,687219
FY2013011,612131
FY2012002,037260
FY2011002,024312
FY2010002,392391
FY200900679199
FY2008000345
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Apple Inc.217
  2. Amazon.com Services LLC136
  3. Wal-mart Associates, Inc.91
  4. American Airlines, Inc.90
  5. Uber Technologies, Inc.88
  6. Adobe Systems Incorporated82
  7. Infosys BPO Ltd.73
  8. Panda Express, Inc.71
  9. Cisco Systems, Inc.70
  10. Epam Systems, Inc63
  11. IBM Corporation60
  12. Wipro Limited60
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

General and Operations Managers: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
CA8,629
NY6,597
TX4,375
FL3,826
NJ1,629
IL1,261
MA1,190
GA1,023
PA878
WA811
VA794
MP685
MI588
CO555
NC500
MD464
OH435
DC435
AZ427
NV391
UT371
CT350
TN329
MO252
MN237
IN229
OR220
SC203
LA198
OK183
HI172
AL167
AR165
KY159
WI156
KS138
DE128
PR95
AK89
IA86
MS84
GU83
RI73
NE71
NH59
ID47
NM46
ME36
WY35
VI31
ND27
WV24
VT23
MT17
SD11
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ7,715
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA3,062
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA2,785
  4. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL2,608
  5. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX1,873
  6. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA1,573
  7. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX1,349
  8. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN1,183
  9. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV1,167
  10. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH1,049
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $131,934; middle half $85,000 to $185,770 · median prevailing wage $118,518 (marker) · 5,655 applications.

$60k$110k$160k$210k$260k
$60k$110k$160k$210k$260k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1,753
  2. Level II1,683
  3. Level III1,110
  4. Level IV1,398
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Operations Manager3,598
  2. General Manager2,336
  3. Director of Operations770
  4. Chief Operating Officer756
  5. Chief Executive Officer696
  6. General and Operations Manager612
  7. Managing Director391
  8. Business Development Manager286
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
  • Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Kansas City, MO-KS
  • Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
  • Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT
  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
  • Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
  • San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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