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Operations Director salary

Senior operations leadership (Director/VP of Operations). Based on 6 job-posting observations from Southern California nonprofits, reconciled with IRS filings.

Based on 6 postingsMedian only — under 10 postings✓ Verified against IRS Form 990
nis the number of individual job postings a figure is calculated from. The more postings behind a number, the more you can trust it. We never publish anything based on fewer than 5.
Median posted salary
$105,230

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Actual compensation (IRS Form 990)

$2M-$10M$151,88034 employees
$10M-$20M$163,06433 employees
$20M-$50M$182,65466 employees
$50M-$100M$222,72545 employees
$100M+$336,67871 employees
Not shown (fewer than 5 postings): <$2M (1).   Reported compensation of incumbents from the most recent Form 990 filings — actual pay, not posted ranges.
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Figures reflect 6 salary observations from public job postings across 10 Southern California counties, 2024–2026, annualized (hourly × 2,080) with titles standardized to a nonprofit occupation taxonomy. Percentiles are published only when an occupation reaches 10 observations. No cell is shown for any group with fewer than 5. Executive figures are cross-checked against IRS Form 990. Data through July 12, 2026. Slugs, canonical URLs, and structured data are stable across rebuilds.