diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index d1435af..2b9cbdd 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -2250,6 +2250,16 @@ async def admin_held_refund(hold_id: int, request: Request):
     return {"status": "refunded", "id": hold_id}
 
 
+# Operator accounts — shown under a separate "admin" status in the panel and
+# excluded from the member counts. They're infrastructure accounts (the SSO
+# owner and the bot), not dues-paying members.
+OPERATOR_EMAILS = {
+    e.strip().lower()
+    for e in os.environ.get("OPERATOR_EMAILS", "info@inference.coop,bot@inference.coop").split(",")
+    if e.strip()
+}
+
+
 @app.get("/admin/overview")
 @limiter.limit("30/minute")
 async def admin_overview(request: Request):
@@ -2326,42 +2336,52 @@ async def admin_overview(request: Request):
         logger.warning("admin overview: all-time spend query failed: %s", e)
 
     members = []
+    admins = []
     total_spend = 0.0
     total_all_time = 0.0
     for email, active, balance, user_id in rows:
         team = teams.get(f"member:{email}", {})
         spend = float(team.get("spend") or 0.0)
-        total_spend += spend
         member_all_time = all_time_spend.get(f"member:{email}", 0.0)
-        total_all_time += member_all_time
         credits = get_credit_balance(email)
         eff = compute_max_budget(
             float(balance) if balance is not None else MEMBER_BUDGET,
             credits,
             spend,
         )
-        members.append(
-            {
-                "email": email,
-                "all_time_spend": round(member_all_time, 2),
-                "username": usernames.get(user_id),
-                "activated": invite_accepted.get(user_id, False),
-                "active": bool(active),
-                "manual": email.lower() in MANUAL_MEMBERS,
-                "balance": float(balance) if balance is not None else MEMBER_BUDGET,
-                "credit_balance": credits,
-                "credits_remaining": max(0.0, credits - eff["credits_used"]),
-                "allowance_used": eff["allowance_used"],
-                "credits_used": eff["credits_used"],
-                "spend": spend,
-                "remaining": max(eff["max_budget"] - spend, 0.0),
-                "reset_at": team.get("budget_reset_at"),
-                "cloudron_user_id": user_id,
-            }
-        )
+        entry = {
+            "email": email,
+            "all_time_spend": round(member_all_time, 2),
+            "username": usernames.get(user_id),
+            "activated": invite_accepted.get(user_id, False),
+            "active": bool(active),
+            "manual": email.lower() in MANUAL_MEMBERS,
+            "balance": float(balance) if balance is not None else MEMBER_BUDGET,
+            "credit_balance": credits,
+            "credits_remaining": max(0.0, credits - eff["credits_used"]),
+            "allowance_used": eff["allowance_used"],
+            "credits_used": eff["credits_used"],
+            "spend": spend,
+            "remaining": max(eff["max_budget"] - spend, 0.0),
+            "reset_at": team.get("budget_reset_at"),
+            "cloudron_user_id": user_id,
+        }
+        if email.lower() in OPERATOR_EMAILS:
+            # Operator accounts: surfaced under a separate "admin" category in
+            # the panel, excluded from member counts and aggregates (their
+            # usage is a collective expense, not member activity).
+            entry["admin"] = True
+            admins.append(entry)
+            total_spend += spend
+            total_all_time += member_all_time
+        else:
+            members.append(entry)
+            total_spend += spend
+            total_all_time += member_all_time
 
     return {
         "members": members,
+        "admins": admins,
         "totals": {
             "members": len(members),
             "active": sum(1 for m in members if m["active"]),