Which pays more, Operations Manager or Receptionist?

The median advertised salary for each is in the table above, along with the 25th and 75th percentiles so you can see the spread rather than one number.

Which has more openings?

Both counts are live and computed at the same moment, so the comparison is like for like.

Postings are read from company career systems continuously; the age row shows how old the listings themselves are.

Side by side

Operations Manager vs Receptionist

Operations Manager pays more: a median of $88,000 against $79,500. Demand is comparable on both sides.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Operations Manager	Receptionist	Gap
Open postings	22,872	18,327	+4,545
Posted this week	1,421	1,608
Median salary	$88,000	$79,500	+$8.5k
25th percentile	$69.5k	$63k
75th percentile	$109k	$98.5k
Salary disclosed	7.1%	8.5%
Remote share	8.3%	12.6%	-4.3pp
Median age of posting	29d	32d
Open over 60 days	46.2%	40.6%
Visa sponsorship	16.5%	14.4%

Pay

Pay distribution

Operations Manager

$40k$152k

Receptionist

$36k$138k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Operations Manager

just posted29d median90d+

Receptionist

just posted32d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Operations Manager — technologies

HubSpot

72.0%

Spark

65.8%

Python

59.6%

Terraform

53.4%

Azure

47.2%

41.0%

JavaScript

34.8%

Receptionist — technologies

Terraform

72.0%

Java

65.8%

Figma

59.6%

AWS

53.4%

JavaScript

47.2%

Python

41.0%

Spark

34.8%

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%

Receptionist — employers

Quarry Analytics

9.4%

Solstice Biotech

8.7%

Vantage Logistics

8.0%

Brightline Retail

7.2%

Ironbark Manufacturing

6.5%

Halcyon Energy

5.8%

Cobalt Financial

5.1%

More comparisons

Other Operations & Admin comparisons

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%.