Operations Manager
Operations Manager salary data: P25, median, and P75 base pay, sourced.
Salary band
Base salary, gross annual
- 25th percentile
- €50,000
- Median
- €60,000
- 75th percentile
- €75,000
For reference: the statutory minimum wage in Germany has stood at €13.90 gross per hour since January 1, 2026 — roughly €2,410 gross a month for a full-time role at 40 hours/week. (BMAS: Mindestlohn steigt zum 1. Januar 2026 auf 13,90 Euro)
Gross fixed salary per year for an Operations Manager with 5-10 years of experience at a German SMB (30-200 employees). Munich, Frankfurt and Hamburg pull the range up by 10-15 %; rural regions and the East pull it down by 5-10 %. Profiles with a strong focus-area specialization (RevOps, FinOps, PeopleOps) or with hyper-growth scale-up experience sit at the top of the range. The role has no structural variable component; some SMBs pay an annual bonus of 5-10 % on OKR attainment, but the practice remains a minority.
Sources: Stepstone Gehaltsdaten Operations Manager Deutschland 2026; Destatis Verdiensterhebung (April 2025); kununu Gehaltscheck Operations Manager 2025