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Chief Operating Officer (COO) jobs: 209 open roles

Open chief operating officer jobs taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Listings that state pay show a median of $165,000 a year.

The market for chief operating officer work

Every figure names its source. Skills and AI-skill shares describe the whole Executive Leadership function this title sits in. Outlook, pay and AI-use figures are for the government category “General and operations managers”, the closest occupation to this title.

Verified open chief operating officer jobs
209

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$165,000

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Employment outlook
Projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035 (faster than average).

Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–2035.

National median pay, all levels
$105,770

Source: BLS OEWS, 2025.

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Openings a year nationally, growth plus replacement
285,000

Source: BLS Employment Projections.

AI use at work
Among general and operations managers, AI is already used for some of the tasks.

Source: Anthropic Economic Index.

Executive Leadership openings that ask for AI skills
2%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Executive Leadership openings that are remote
3%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

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Skills most often named in openings

  1. 1. strategic planning6%
  2. 2. regulatory compliance5%
  3. 3. budgeting5%
  4. 4. risk management4%
  5. 5. project management4%
  6. 6. forecasting3%
  7. 7. supply chain2%
  8. 8. procurement2%

AI skills worth building for this work

  1. 1. AI tools in daily work
  2. 2. Gen-AI assistants (ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude)
  3. 3. Prompt design
  4. 4. AI coding assistants
  5. 5. AI workflow automation
  6. 6. Automation platforms (Zapier, n8n, Power Automate)

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Where chief operating officer experience can go next

Career moves the skills carry over to, closest fit first. Time is how long a move usually takes.

  • Program management

    Close fit · Quick switch (weeks)

    Program management formalizes what operations leaders already do: coordinate many teams to a date.

    Carries over: Running cross-team work, Process improvement, Reporting to leaders

  • Operations management and chief of staff

    Close fit · Quick switch (weeks)

    Chief of staff and business operations roles are the senior version of running operations, closer to the leadership team.

    Carries over: Running the business day to day, Reporting to leaders, Fixing what breaks

  • Procurement and vendor management

    Adjacent · A few months

    Procurement is cost control and vendor negotiation as a specialty, with steady demand.

    Carries over: Vendor management, Cost control, Negotiation

  • Logistics and supply chain

    Adjacent · A few months

    Supply chain roles reward operators who can run planning and fix bottlenecks.

    Carries over: Process and throughput, Planning, Vendor coordination

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Open chief operating officer jobs

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Chief Operating Officer salary

The middle half of chief operating officer listings that state pay run from $140,000 to $271,500. See the full chief operating officer salary breakdown.

Where chief operating officer jobs are

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Chief Operating Officer jobs by city and state

Employers hiring chief operating officers

  • Confidential 28
  • JRG Partners 10
  • World Business Lenders 7
  • BridgePoint Associates 6
  • Ascension 3
  • Intercontinental Exchange 3
  • Dawn Taylor Associates 3
  • Select Medical 3
  • Chaffin Luhana 3
  • Community Health Systems 3

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