General and operations managers job market in Massachusetts
Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.
The headline
Industry employment fell while average weekly industry wages rose
A data-driven view of the industries that employ General and operations managers in Massachusetts.
Occupation pay
What General and operations managers earn in Massachusetts
BLS OEWS occupation-level pay estimates for this role — separate from the industry wage trends used elsewhere in this report.
Median annual wage
$127,220Massachusetts- Middle 50% of published wages
- $82,190 – $199,540
- U.S. median annual wage
- $105,770
- Reference period
- May 2025
The middle 50% is the 25th-to-75th percentile wage range, not an experience-level band. Suppressed or unavailable BLS values remain unpublished rather than being estimated.
Pay around Massachusetts
How median pay varies by metro area
Published BLS OEWS metro estimates for General and operations managers, compared with the Massachusetts median of $127,220.
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$133,800+5.2% vs. state
Worcester, MA$111,900−12.0% vs. state
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$110,360−13.3% vs. state
Springfield, MA$106,390−16.4% vs. state
Barnstable Town, MA$100,590−20.9% vs. state
Pittsfield, MA$98,210−22.8% vs. state
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Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$98,200−22.8% vs. state
Areas are ordered by published median wage for readability, not as an overall job-market ranking. The vertical marker is the Massachusetts median. Some BLS metropolitan areas cross state lines, so a metro estimate can cover workers in more than one state.
Verified snapshot
Market at a Glance
Key changes in Massachusetts’s weighted industry mix.
Percentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
Published coverage: 247,084 represented establishments, 85.56% of the published industry mix.
Local research
What the data shows for general and operations managers in Massachusetts
Findings describe the published observation periods shown below. Research published Oct 10, 2026.
Published median pay is above the U.S. median
A 20.3% difference separates Massachusetts's median annual wage for general and operations managers from the U.S. median in OEWS May 2025. At $127,220, the state median is above the national figure of $105,770. The estimates describe the middle of each wage distribution, without a living-cost adjustment.
OEWS May 2025 · BLS OEWSPay differs widely between metro areas
Looking across 6 metro areas with published estimates on the same basis reveals a substantial pay range associated with Massachusetts. In OEWS May 2025, Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH's median of $133,800 is 36.3% higher than Amherst Town-Northampton, MA's median of $98,200. This comparison covers nominal wages, without assessing living costs or job availability.
OEWS May 2025 · BLS OEWSMetro estimates may include areas in neighboring states. The comparison covers published metro estimates, not every part of the state.
Employment and establishment counts moved apart
In the industries that employ this occupation, Massachusetts's establishment count changed +1.3% year over year in January to March 2026, while employment changed -1.0%. The measures therefore point in opposite directions. These observations do not establish an explanation for that difference.
January to March 2026 · BLS QCEWIndustry measures describe the industries associated with this occupation. They are not direct occupation employment, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. Findings describe published data and do not establish causes. Methodology
Employment trends
Massachusetts industry employment over time
Year-over-year change in the weighted industries. The U.S. line is the latest-quarter benchmark because a comparable national quarterly history is not published here.
- Massachusetts · 2026 Q1-1.0%
- U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark-0.2%
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View every published value
| Quarter | Massachusetts | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | -0.2% | 100% |
| 2024 Q3 | -0.5% | 100% |
| 2024 Q4 | -0.5% | 100% |
| 2025 Q1 | -0.6% | 90.04% |
| 2025 Q2 | -1.1% | 90.04% |
| 2025 Q3 | -1.3% | 90.04% |
| 2025 Q4 | -0.7% | 90.04% |
| 2026 Q1 | -1.0% | 90.04% |
How to read this chart
State trend and national reference
The solid line follows Massachusetts’s published year-over-year industry employment changes by quarter. The dashed U.S. line is a latest-quarter reference, not a second time series.
- Published quarters
- 8
- Earliest quarter
- 2024 Q2
- Latest quarter
- 2026 Q1
- U.S. benchmark
- -0.2%
Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.
Industry context
Where General and operations managers Work
The occupation mix determines which Massachusetts industries are weighted into this view.
| Industry group | Occupation mix | Employment change | Establishments | Avg. weekly industry wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trade, transportation, and utilities | 23.3% | -1.7% | 40,443 | $1,509 |
| Professional and business services | 22.6% | -1.3% | 61,083 | $3,549 |
| Financial activities | 9.0% | -0.8% | 20,244 | $5,744 |
| Leisure and hospitality | 8.5% | -0.1% | 21,191 | $787 |
| Other services | 7.4% | -0.2% | 23,796 | $1,070 |
| Construction | 7.3% | Not published | Not published | Not published |
Which industries are growing?
No weighted industry published growth
In January to March 2026, none of the weighted Massachusetts industries published a positive year-over-year employment change. Nothing is substituted in its place.
Current Massachusetts context
Current Massachusetts Market Signals
Statewide indicators for all occupations in Massachusetts. They are not General and operations managers demand and are not part of the Job Market Health score.
Statewide job postings
Indeed job postings · Massachusetts
Recent hiring-demand context · separate from the health score
Total postings index (seasonally adjusted) by observation date · baseline 100
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View values: Indeed postings index
| Observation date | Index (Feb 2020 = 100) |
|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | 85.51 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 85.85 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 85.54 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 85.21 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 85.51 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 85.72 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 86.50 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 87.14 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 87.45 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 87.46 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 87.60 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 87.53 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 87.82 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 88.29 |
This is statewide demand across all occupations, not demand for this specific job. Postings are not a count of vacancies or hires, and Indeed does not cover the entire labor market.
Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0. Seven-day average, seasonally adjusted; publisher refreshes weekly and may revise history. Retrieved Nov 1, 2026 · saved source copy. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.
Career context
Related occupations
Related roles from the occupation’s published O*NET profile.
Questions answered by this release
General and operations managers in Massachusetts FAQs
Each answer is limited to what QCEW 2026 Q1 actually publishes for this state.
Is employment growing for General and operations managers in Massachusetts?
The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the Massachusetts industries weighted to General and operations managers changed -1.0% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with -0.2% nationwide.
Are wages for General and operations managers rising in Massachusetts?
QCEW does not publish pay for General and operations managers in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +4.9% year over year; that must not be read as an occupation salary change.
How complete is this Massachusetts industry view?
The three core state trends each meet the site’s coverage floor; the minimum published coverage is 90.04% of the occupation’s industry mix.
Does this page show current General and operations managers openings?
No. QCEW measures industry employment, establishments and wages. Any postings, news or WARN figures shown here are statewide context and are not occupation-specific openings.
Methodology & sourcesQCEW 2026 Q1 · coverage 90.04% · full evidence record
Methodology & Sources
Derived by JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix. This is occupation-weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.
- Occupation
- General and operations managers
- SOC code
- 11-1021
- State
- Massachusetts
- QCEW release label
- QCEW 2026 Q1
- Data period
- 2026 Q1
- State industry employment, year over year
- -1.0%State data coverage 90.04%
- U.S. benchmark, year over year
- -0.2%
- Difference from U.S. benchmark
- -0.9 percentage pointsPercentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
- Establishments, year over year
- +1.3%State data coverage 90.04%
- Average weekly industry wage, year over year
- +4.9%State data coverage 90.04%
- Industry mix vintage
- EP-2025-2035
- BLS publication date
- Aug 28, 2026
- Source verification
- Verified against the committed source snapshotVerified Sep 17, 2026
- Canonical record URL
- https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/general-and-operations-managers/massachusetts#evidence-record
- Derived by
- JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix
MethodologyBLS QCEWHow to citeQCEW state context release, 2026 Q1
Weighted industry conditions are not direct occupation employment, occupation wages, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. No causal explanation is inferred.