State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: California vs District of Columbia
General and Operations Managers in District of Columbia earn a median of $168,000. In California, $124,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.5% — not 26%.
Nominal pay gap
-26%
California vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-26.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $124,390
- p25
- $81,620
- p75
- $186,230
- p10
- $60,370
- p90
- $293,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -41%
District of Columbia
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $168,000
- p25
- $127,110
- p75
- $204,890
- p10
- $88,590
- p90
- $312,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.