• American average operating margin for 2024 was 15.56%, a 175.39% decline from 2023.
• American average operating margin for 2023 was -20.64%, a 186.8% decline from 2022.
• American average operating margin for 2022 was 23.78%, a 84.2% decline from 2021.

Operating margin can be defined as operating margin measurement of what proportion of a company's revenue is left over after paying for variable costs of production such as wages, raw materials, etc.