SOC 13-1199 · Area 4800006 · May 2025

Business Operations Specialists, All Other

Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area

Published pay and employment

BLS May 2025, Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area. Published annual and hourly estimates.
Measure	Annual pay	Hourly pay
10th percentile	$45,450	$21.85
25th percentile	$60,600	$29.14
Median	$78,960	$37.96
75th percentile	$101,660	$48.88
90th percentile	$130,600	$62.79
Average	$83,040	$39.92

A plus sign marks a lower bound. “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate; “Not available” means no estimate was provided. Hourly figures come from BLS, without dividing annual pay by assumed work hours.

Estimated employment: 720. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.

What these figures tell you

The middle half of annual wages runs from $60,600 to $101,660 in 2025, a span of $41,060.

The area median is $1,860 (2.3%) below Texas's $80,820 median for this occupation in 2025.

Compare with 31 other published areas

This area's median is $9,690 (14.0%) above the $69,270 median in Longview, TX.
This area's median is $7,780 (10.9%) above the $71,180 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $7,680 (10.8%) above the $71,280 median in Wichita Falls, TX.
This area's median is $5,870 (8.0%) above the $73,090 median in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $5,640 (7.7%) above the $73,320 median in Lubbock, TX.
This area's median is $5,640 (7.7%) above the $73,320 median in San Angelo, TX.
This area's median is $5,560 (7.6%) above the $73,400 median in Tyler, TX.
This area's median is $5,510 (7.5%) above the $73,450 median in Abilene, TX.
This area's median is $5,040 (6.8%) above the $73,920 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
This area's median is $4,590 (6.2%) above the $74,370 median in Amarillo, TX.
This area's median is $3,770 (5.0%) above the $75,190 median in Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $3,480 (4.6%) above the $75,480 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $2,400 (3.1%) above the $76,560 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
This area's median is $1,840 (2.4%) above the $77,120 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $1,460 (1.9%) above the $77,500 median in Sherman-Denison, TX.
This area's median is $1,210 (1.6%) above the $77,750 median in El Paso, TX.
This area's median is $1,190 (1.5%) above the $77,770 median in Corpus Christi, TX.
This area's median is $110 (0.1%) above the $78,850 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
This area's median is $110 (0.1%) above the $78,850 median in Texarkana, TX-AR.
This area's median is $480 (0.6%) below the $79,440 median in Waco, TX.
This area's median is $530 (0.7%) below the $79,490 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
This area's median is $1,430 (1.8%) below the $80,390 median in Laredo, TX.
This area's median is $2,110 (2.6%) below the $81,070 median in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
This area's median is $3,100 (3.8%) below the $82,060 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
This area's median is $3,170 (3.9%) below the $82,130 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
This area's median is $4,320 (5.2%) below the $83,280 median in Victoria, TX.
This area's median is $4,640 (5.6%) below the $83,600 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
This area's median is $4,820 (5.8%) below the $83,780 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
This area's median is $8,930 (10.2%) below the $87,890 median in Midland, TX.
This area's median is $9,750 (11.0%) below the $88,710 median in Eagle Pass, TX.
This area's median is $18,760 (19.2%) below the $97,720 median in Odessa, TX.

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Which counties share this estimate?

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