Career path · Operations & supply chain
Operations MBA career paths
The operations track develops MBAs to run how a company makes and delivers — process, logistics, and business operations leadership.
- Mapped roles
- 5
- occupations this path targets
- With wage data
- 5
- published benchmarks
- Median wage span
- $82k–$126k
- across mapped roles
- Verified MBA outcomes
- 0
- still being collected
What operations roles pay
Wage ranges for the occupations a Operations MBA commonly targets — the soft band is the 10th–90th percentile, the solid band the middle 50%, the marker the median. These are occupational wage benchmarks, not MBA-specific salaries, but they show where this path can lead and how wide the spread runs.
These are occupational wage benchmarks for roles MBA graduates commonly target — wage context across all workers, not verified MBA-specific outcomes.
Operations Research Analysts
$88,940median
Process, cost, and optimization analysis.
Logisticians
$82,320median
Logistics, planning, and fulfillment.
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
$107,230median
Distribution and operations-management leadership.
Industrial Production Managers
$126,060median
Production and plant operations management.
General and Operations Managers
$105,770median
Business-operations and GM leadership.
See the full benchmark table▸
| Role (occupation) | Median annual | 10th–90th pct | U.S. employment |
|---|---|---|---|
Operations Research Analysts Process, cost, and optimization analysis. SOC 15-2031 | $88,940 | $57,060 – $159,910 | 108,510 |
Logisticians Logistics, planning, and fulfillment. SOC 13-1081 | $82,320 | $50,890 – $133,160 | 251,040 |
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Distribution and operations-management leadership. SOC 11-3071 | $107,230 | $65,120 – $194,900 | 221,180 |
Industrial Production Managers Production and plant operations management. SOC 11-3051 | $126,060 | $78,000 – $205,520 | 246,250 |
General and Operations Managers Business-operations and GM leadership. SOC 11-1021 | $105,770 | $50,090 – $253,390 | 3,503,020 |
These are occupational wage benchmarks for roles MBA graduates commonly target — wage context across all workers, not verified MBA-specific outcomes.
Roles this path leads to
Operations manager
Owns throughput, quality, and cost in a function or site.
Supply chain manager
Plans sourcing, inventory, and distribution.
Business operations lead
Runs the planning and execution rhythm of a business unit.
Process / continuous improvement
Drives lean and process redesign initiatives.
Functions you'd own
Where this path tends to map inside a company.
Where graduates land
Common industries for this path — tap any to explore it.
What affects your pay on this path
Two people on the same path can earn very differently. These are the factors that move the number most — worth weighing as you plan your MBA.
- Industry and asset intensity
- Scope and span of control
- Site vs. corporate role
- Geography
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Methodology
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- 1A handful of real, reviewed outcomes from people on this path
- 2Their school, role, industry, and city — so ranges reflect like-for-like
- 3Public datasets and school reports to cross-check the numbers