Becoming a Small Business Professional via Online Education?

At the very least, online education can help you lay a foundation and/or open up alternate career paths. Strayer University, one of the highest ranking online schools, is a US school (accredited) offering small business courses to train individuals to become top-notch small business owners, businessmen, businesswomen, small business managers, small business consultants, small business professionals, etc. Currently, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics there are 1,689,680 people employed as general and operations managers alone in America, and their average annual salary is $110,550. Colleges and universities like Strayer University that provide online education are successfully launching workers into this field.

Small Business Professional Salary Information

Category: General and operations managers

Total # Employed in the US 1,689,680
Average Hourly Wage: $53.15/hr
Hourly Wage Range
PERCENTILE
10%25%50%75%90%
$22.01 $30.65 $44.55 $66.81 $0.0
Average Yearly Salary $110,550
Yearly Salary Range
PERCENTILE
10%25%50%75%90%
$45,780 $63,750 $92,650 $138,960 $0
Employment Demographics
% OF WORKERS WITH
< High School Diploma High School Diploma Some College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Master Degree Doctoral Degree
2.2% 16.9% 23.9% 8.4% 33.7% 12.4% 2.4%
General and operations managers — WAGES BY STATE, SORTED BY SALARY
STATEAverage Hourly WageAverage Annual Salary
North Dakota $75.5/hr $157,050
Oklahoma $65.15/hr $135,500
District of Columbia $62.71/hr $130,430
Delaware $62.49/hr $129,980
Colorado $59.93/hr $124,660
Florida $58.12/hr $120,890
Mississippi $56.39/hr $117,300
Missouri $56.28/hr $117,070
Virginia $56.24/hr $116,980
Oregon $55.96/hr $116,390
Kansas $55.5/hr $115,440
South Carolina $54.48/hr $113,320
Nebraska $53.62/hr $111,520
Wyoming $53.32/hr $110,900
Kentucky $52.2/hr $108,570
North Carolina $51.78/hr $107,710
Connecticut $51.6/hr $107,330
Arkansas $50.23/hr $104,490
West Virginia $49.91/hr $103,800
New York $49.73/hr $103,440
Tennessee $49.61/hr $103,180
Montana $49.6/hr $103,160
Utah $49.19/hr $102,320
New Mexico $48.25/hr $100,370
Louisiana $48.18/hr $100,210
Hawaii $47.64/hr $99,090
Idaho $47.08/hr $97,920
Washington $46.97/hr $97,700
Massachusetts $46.91/hr $97,580
Indiana $46.59/hr $96,910
Pennsylvania $46.48/hr $96,670
Alabama $46.09/hr $95,880
Puerto Rico $45.87/hr $95,410
New Hampshire $45.64/hr $94,920
Wisconsin $43.43/hr $90,340
Ohio $43.33/hr $90,130
Michigan $43.3/hr $90,060
California $42.98/hr $89,410
Nevada $42.54/hr $88,490
Maryland $41.38/hr $86,070
Maine $41.12/hr $85,530
South Dakota $40.07/hr $83,350
Guam $39.39/hr $81,930
New Jersey $38.08/hr $79,210
Alaska $37.78/hr $78,580
Iowa $36.44/hr $75,790


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