Operations and sales

General and Operations Manager in the United States

400 postings read · sampled 2026-10-01 · source ats · 152 employers · largest 2% of it

What employers actually ask for

Credentials named in the 400 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.

Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution
16%
63 of 400 postingsAccredited institution →
Master's DegreeAccredited institution
6%
25 of 400 postingsAccredited institution →

Lower signal for this role

Credentials that barely appeared in this sample. That is not a claim they are worthless — plenty are valuable for a different job, a different city, or a promotion later. It is a claim that employers here mostly did not ask.

Certified Six Sigma Green BeltAmerican Society for Quality
1%
4 of 400 postings$548 exam · fee checked 2026-08~120 hrs prepAmerican Society for Quality →
PMPProject Management Institute
3%
11 of 400 postings$555 exam · fee checked 2026-08~200 hrs prepProject Management Institute →
CISMISACA
0%
1 of 400 postings$760 exam · fee checked 2026-08~200 hrs prepISACA →
CISSPISC2
0%
1 of 400 postings$749 exam · fee checked 2026-08~300 hrs prepISC2 →
OSHA 30-Hour ConstructionOSHA Training Institute
0%
1 of 400 postings$180 exam · fee checked 2026-08~30 hrs prepOSHA Training Institute →
Salesforce Certified AdministratorSalesforce
0%
1 of 400 postings$200 exam · fee checked 2026-08~100 hrs prepSalesforce →
TS/SCIU.S. Government (DCSA)
0%
1 of 400 postingsU.S. Government (DCSA) →
CPAAICPA / State Boards of Accountancy
1%
4 of 400 postings$1,500 exam · fee checked 2026-08~400 hrs prepAICPA / State Boards of Accountancy →
ServSafe Food Protection ManagerNational Restaurant Association
1%
4 of 400 postings$179 exam · fee checked 2026-08~16 hrs prepNational Restaurant Association →
Certified Six Sigma Black BeltAmerican Society for Quality
1%
4 of 400 postings$668 exam · fee checked 2026-08~250 hrs prepAmerican Society for Quality →
Secret Security ClearanceU.S. Government (DCSA)
2%
7 of 400 postingsU.S. Government (DCSA) →

What the official taxonomy says

O*NET surveys people already doing this job. That describes who got hired over a long window, not what employers are asking for now — where it disagrees with the counts above, the counts are the more current answer.

High school diploma or equivalent29%
Bachelor’s degree27%
Some college, no degree22%

Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

O*NET 11-1021.00 · pulled 2026-10-01 · percentages are of surveyed workers, each rounded separately, so they need not total 100

What it pays

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.

$50,090

10th percentile

$105,770

median

$253,390

90th percentile

Who was hiring

Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.

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