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General and Operations Managers: apprenticeship hours and pay
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Approved apprenticeship titles
2 apprenticeship titles on the Department of Labor's approved list fall under General and Operations Managers, trained competency-based, hybrid, time-based. The shortest approved term is 4,000 hours, for Operations Management (competency-based).
| Title | RAPIDS code | Approach and term |
|---|---|---|
| Operations Management | 2060 | Competency-Based: 4,000 hours Hybrid: 4,318 to 4,820 hours Time-Based: 4,000 hours |
| Professional Golf & Operations Manager | 3025 | Competency-Based: 8,000 hours Hybrid: 8,000 to 8,350 hours Time-Based: 8,000 hours |
Time-based programs count hours on the job; competency-based programs move on when the apprentice shows the skills; hybrid programs use both, within a range of hours (29 CFR 29.5(b)(2)). Each registered program sets its own term inside what the approved title allows.
What general and operations managers earn, by state
New Jersey has the highest state median for general and operations managers ($173,690) and Guam the lowest ($67,690), across the 54 states with a published figure.
| State | Median pay | Hourly | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | $173,690 | $83.51 | 53,000 |
| District of Columbia | $168,000 | $80.77 | 36,150 |
| South Dakota | $137,400 | $66.06 | 4,280 |
| Connecticut | $137,220 | $65.97 | 39,070 |
| Delaware | $137,220 | $65.97 | 5,000 |
| Washington | $133,750 | $64.30 | 50,630 |
| Colorado | $131,840 | $63.39 | 41,870 |
| New York | $130,860 | $62.91 | 206,740 |
| Massachusetts | $127,220 | $61.16 | 95,880 |
| New Hampshire | $124,680 | $59.94 | 22,110 |
| California | $124,390 | $59.81 | 300,840 |
| Virginia | $122,080 | $58.69 | 103,590 |
| Wisconsin | $118,730 | $57.08 | 36,910 |
| Maryland | $117,930 | $56.70 | 96,740 |
| Rhode Island | $117,380 | $56.43 | 9,150 |
| Alaska | $116,630 | $56.07 | 6,020 |
| Alabama | $111,790 | $53.75 | 30,170 |
| Hawaii | $108,180 | $52.01 | 13,380 |
| Indiana | $108,170 | $52.01 | 47,180 |
| Tennessee | $106,970 | $51.43 | 63,720 |
| Mississippi | $106,680 | $51.29 | 10,630 |
| South Carolina | $106,080 | $51.00 | 32,230 |
| Georgia | $103,730 | $49.87 | 111,060 |
| Illinois | $103,570 | $49.80 | 171,300 |
| Oregon | $103,490 | $49.76 | 36,190 |
| Texas | $103,230 | $49.63 | 431,310 |
| Pennsylvania | $103,130 | $49.58 | 172,010 |
| North Carolina | $101,950 | $49.01 | 63,740 |
| Louisiana | $101,790 | $48.94 | 43,220 |
| Florida | $101,580 | $48.84 | 236,290 |
| Wyoming | $99,700 | $47.93 | 7,470 |
| Michigan | $99,530 | $47.85 | 85,860 |
| Nevada | $99,390 | $47.79 | 38,920 |
| Minnesota | $99,340 | $47.76 | 72,860 |
| Maine | $98,860 | $47.53 | 14,770 |
| Vermont | $98,640 | $47.42 | 8,000 |
| New Mexico | $98,630 | $47.42 | 16,330 |
| North Dakota | $98,170 | $47.20 | 11,150 |
| Utah | $97,850 | $47.04 | 42,580 |
| Ohio | $97,700 | $46.97 | 153,160 |
| Arizona | $94,800 | $45.58 | 110,480 |
| Kansas | $92,840 | $44.63 | 24,660 |
| Montana | $91,380 | $43.93 | 11,840 |
| Oklahoma | $90,430 | $43.48 | 43,890 |
| Iowa | $87,690 | $42.16 | 30,760 |
| Nebraska | $85,090 | $40.91 | 24,030 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $82,850 | $39.83 | 1,040 |
| West Virginia | $82,500 | $39.66 | 15,300 |
| Idaho | $80,390 | $38.65 | 24,880 |
| Kentucky | $79,370 | $38.16 | 52,100 |
| Missouri | $79,300 | $38.12 | 109,020 |
| Arkansas | $74,050 | $35.60 | 34,570 |
| Puerto Rico | $73,570 | $35.37 | 7,190 |
| Guam | $67,690 | $32.54 | 1,580 |
Finding a program
The public sponsor file names the organizations that run registered apprenticeships but not the occupations each one trains, so this guide names no sponsor. Search apprenticeship.gov's Apprenticeship Finder for this title, or ask your American Job Center which local programs train it.
Apprenticeship sponsors by state (25,633) · All approved occupations
Sources: apprenticeship.gov approved occupations list (Last-Modified October 8, 2026); BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (all industries; blanks are figures BLS does not publish).