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Title: Operations Manager hourly rate in New York, 2026 | Deftridge
Summary: Operations Manager pay in New York: median wage $72 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $105. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024.

NY · United States · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Operations Manager hourly rate in New York

The market median wage for an Operations Manager in New York is **$71.96 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$105 an hour** on Deftridge, +17% against the United States rate.

**$105/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$71.96/hr** median wage

**$55-94** middle half of wages

**$2,280** a month at 5 hours a week

## Operations Manager wage percentiles in New York

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $43.62 | $950 | $90,700 |
| 25th | $55.08 | $1,190 | $114,600 |
| Median | $71.96 | $1,560 | $149,700 |
| 75th | $94.13 | $2,040 | $195,800 |
| 90th | $115.75 | $2,510 | $240,800 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 68,340 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## New York in numbers

What sets New York apart for an Operations Manager, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+13%** median wage against the United States median of $63.45

- **4th of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **68,340** people employed in the role in this place

- **$79.26** median wage in the New York City metro area, the highest here

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for an Operations Manager in New York by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | $105 | $2,280 |
| Manager | $125 | $2,710 |
| Director | $150 | $3,250 |

- Regular role **$105**

- One-off task **$120**

- Task bundle **$110**

- Expert hour **$135**

## Operations Manager pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Operations Manager, highest first; 7 of 51 places shown. By median wage New York ranks **4 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $81.20 | $120 |
| Delaware | $73.94 | $105 |
| Washington | $72.51 | $105 |
| New York | $71.96 | $105 |
| Virginia | $71.40 | $105 |
| Colorado | $68.24 | $100 |
| Alaska | $68.16 | $100 |

## Metro areas in New York

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [New York City $79.26/hr median wage · range $60-103](https://deftridge.com/rates/operations-manager/new-york/)

- [Binghamton $68.90/hr median wage · range $54-91](https://deftridge.com/rates/operations-manager/new-york/)

- [Albany $67.98/hr median wage · range $53-86](https://deftridge.com/rates/operations-manager/new-york/)

- [Syracuse $67.74/hr median wage · range $52-86](https://deftridge.com/rates/operations-manager/new-york/)

- [Elmira $67.42/hr median wage · range $52-84](https://deftridge.com/rates/operations-manager/new-york/)

- [Buffalo $65.49/hr median wage · range $50-83](https://deftridge.com/rates/operations-manager/new-york/)

- [Rochester $65.49/hr median wage · range $51-82](https://deftridge.com/rates/operations-manager/new-york/)

- [Kiryas Joel $65.27/hr median wage · range $51-86](https://deftridge.com/rates/operations-manager/new-york/)

- [Utica $63.04/hr median wage · range $48-79](https://deftridge.com/rates/operations-manager/new-york/)

- [Kingston $60.96/hr median wage · range $48-77](https://deftridge.com/rates/operations-manager/new-york/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Operations Manager rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/operations-manager/) · [Operations Manager jobs in New York](https://deftridge.com/jobs/operations-manager/new-york/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
