Side by side

Executive Assistant vs Operations Manager

Pay is effectively the same — the medians sit within 1.7% apart. There is 2.0× more demand for Operations Manager. Listings for Operations Manager move faster — median age 29 days against 88.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureExecutive AssistantOperations ManagerGap
Open postings11,49522,872-11,377
Posted this week8571,421
Median salary$86,500$88,000$-1.5k
25th percentile$68.5k$69.5k
75th percentile$108k$109k
Salary disclosed3.4%7.1%
Remote share10.7%8.3%+2.4pp
Median age of posting88d29d
Open over 60 days45.1%46.2%
Visa sponsorship10.4%16.5%
Pay

Pay distribution

Executive Assistant

$39k$150k

Operations Manager

$40k$152k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Executive Assistant

just posted88d median90d+

Operations Manager

just posted29d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Executive Assistant — technologies

Swift
72.0%
Spark
65.8%
AWS
59.6%
HubSpot
53.4%
Azure
47.2%
Kubernetes
41.0%
JavaScript
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%

Executive Assistant — employers

Quarry Analytics
9.4%
Northwind Systems
8.7%
Aperture Labs
8.0%
Brightline Retail
7.2%
Vantage Logistics
6.5%
Rivergate Media
5.8%
Umbra Security
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%.