Side by side

Consultant vs Operations Manager

Operations Manager pays more: a median of $88,000 against $79,000. There is 3.7× more demand for Operations Manager. Listings for Operations Manager move faster — median age 29 days against 52.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureConsultantOperations ManagerGap
Open postings6,13722,872-16,735
Posted this week3031,421
Median salary$79,000$88,000$-9k
25th percentile$62.5k$69.5k
75th percentile$98k$109k
Salary disclosed6.3%7.1%
Remote share12.2%8.3%+3.9pp
Median age of posting52d29d
Open over 60 days46.9%46.2%
Visa sponsorship14.3%16.5%
Pay

Pay distribution

Consultant

$36k$137k

Operations Manager

$40k$152k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Consultant

just posted52d median90d+

Operations Manager

just posted29d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Consultant — technologies

React
72.0%
Python
65.8%
Salesforce
59.6%
Snowflake
53.4%
AWS
47.2%
PostgreSQL
41.0%
Tableau
34.8%

Operations Manager — technologies

HubSpot
72.0%
Spark
65.8%
Python
59.6%
Terraform
53.4%
Azure
47.2%
Go
41.0%
JavaScript
34.8%

Consultant — employers

Meridian Software
9.4%
Rivergate Media
8.7%
Umbra Security
8.0%
Quarry Analytics
7.2%
Northwind Systems
6.5%
Halcyon Energy
5.8%
Aperture Labs
5.1%

Operations Manager — employers

Brightline Retail
9.4%
Lakeshore Hospitality
8.7%
Rivergate Media
8.0%
Umbra Security
7.2%
Northwind Systems
6.5%
Quarry Analytics
5.8%
Beacon Robotics
5.1%

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Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.