General and Operations Managers Salary in Ames, IA

General and Operations Managers pay range in Ames

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $43,680 a year or less, while the top 10% make $200,000 or more. The middle half of general and operations managers in Ames earn between $62,510 and $143,840.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

General and Operations Managers salary after taxes in Ames

On the average salary of $112,350, a single filer in Ames takes home about $84,211 a year, or $7,018 a month and $3,239 every two weeks. Taxes take 25% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). Iowa school district surtaxes (a percentage of state tax in some districts) are not included.

Is Ames a good place for general and operations managers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Ames area are 11% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 88.8), so the average $112,350 buys what about $126,478 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Ames ($50,220). A typical home costs $280,269, or 2.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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General and Operations Managers salary in other Iowa cities

Ames ranks 3rd of 8 Iowa metro areas for this job; Des Moines pays the most ($117,430).

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Highest-paying cities for general and operations managers

Trenton, NJ pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($216,150).

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