Highest-paying Cities for Other Business Operations Specialists

The top 100 highest paying cities for other business operations specialists (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of other business operations specialists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $126,310, California-Lexington Park, Maryland is the highest paying city for other business operations specialists. It is followed by Carson City, Nevada (average annual salary $121,390). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of other business operations specialists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Other Business Operations Specialists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$126,310	$65,820	1,910
2	Carson City, Nevada	$121,390	$47,980	530
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$109,070	$54,790	13,330
4	Huntsville, Alabama	$106,930	$69,950	2,660
5	St Marys County, Maryland	$105,570	$66,050	990
6	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$104,000	$54,330	210
7	Decatur, Illinois	$100,520	$50,620	530
8	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$99,590	$59,880	1,310
9	Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$98,800	$55,110	420
10	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$98,800	$55,360	73,490
11	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$97,720	$61,260	810
12	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$95,590	$57,300	230
13	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$93,140	$54,630	51,110
14	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$91,810	$52,830	18,460
15	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$90,320	$50,360	480
16	Boulder, Colorado	$90,310	$51,570	3,720
17	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$90,150	$54,100	2,110
18	Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$90,120	$36,380	70
19	Dayton, Ohio	$90,080	$49,720	4,070
20	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$87,820	$52,870	17,720
21	Framingham, Massachusetts	$87,440	$52,030	1,410
22	Fayetteville, North Carolina	$87,280	$56,700	1,900
23	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$87,190	$42,930	330
24	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$85,870	$45,880	15,060
25	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$84,640	$54,720	2,960
26	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$83,330	$47,420	1,820
27	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$83,190	$52,160	8,800
28	Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona	$83,120	$55,050	340
29	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$83,030	$33,540	350
30	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$83,000	$52,330	400
31	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$82,980	$58,230	410
32	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$82,560	$48,090	50,510
33	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania	$82,430	$53,840	310
34	Decatur, Alabama	$82,350	$41,720	60
35	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	$82,270	$39,850	110
36	East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	$82,230	$49,210	280
37	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$82,220	$48,740	3,410
38	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$82,120	$49,720	8,620
39	Danbury, Connecticut	$82,060	$50,180	110
40	Mobile, Alabama	$81,990	$46,690	260
41	Lawton, Oklahoma	$81,990	$54,720	350
42	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$81,970	$46,860	30,540
43	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$81,950	$50,320	1,210
44	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$81,880	$50,800	4,020
45	Kansas City, Missouri	$81,860	$50,750	7,800
46	Southeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$81,850	$48,350	140
47	Warner Robins, Georgia	$81,810	$47,830	3,220
48	Casper, Wyoming	$81,770	$44,370	140
49	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$81,760	$49,960	800
50	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$81,740	$54,520	360
51	Anchorage, Alaska	$81,740	$52,710	1,170
52	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$81,650	$45,140	950
53	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$81,610	$54,580	5,700
54	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$81,480	$48,110	7,160
55	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$81,480	$47,670	100
56	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$81,380	$49,100	710
57	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$81,090	$44,920	450
58	Tucson, Arizona	$81,080	$49,760	2,170
59	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$81,080	$47,900	27,880
60	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$80,870	$46,840	5,100
61	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$80,820	$54,220	2,330
62	Walla Walla, Washington	$80,820	$48,710	400
63	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$80,790	$56,660	37,030
64	Worcester, Massachusetts	$80,430	$45,760	1,370
65	Springfield, Illinois	$80,360	$38,500	3,220
66	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$80,280	$46,730	4,850
67	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$80,080	$46,340	24,640
68	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$79,930	$45,350	220
69	Winchester, West Virginia	$79,930	$47,010	720
70	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$79,890	$45,860	400
71	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$79,890	$41,860	12,950
72	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$79,840	$50,060	2,800
73	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$79,660	$46,800	7,280
74	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$79,540	$45,200	15,950
75	Battle Creek, Michigan	$79,440	$48,880	650
76	Manchester, New Hampshire	$79,420	$44,310	330
77	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$79,390	$51,310	3,610
78	Columbus, Indiana	$79,380	$31,310	110
79	New Haven, Connecticut	$79,360	$54,680	810
80	Montgomery, Alabama	$79,350	$50,690	680
81	Springfield, Massachusetts	$79,330	$45,260	1,010
82	Wichita, Kansas	$79,300	$45,130	2,080
83	Fairbanks, Alaska	$79,270	$46,660	420
84	Bloomington, Illinois	$79,250	$38,020	510
85	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$79,240	$42,720	100
86	Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$79,080	$56,140	420
87	St Louis, Missouri	$78,670	$48,000	7,030
88	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$78,530	$39,810	930
89	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$78,210	$45,090	3,730
90	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$78,190	$47,310	2,140
91	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$78,060	$40,300	2,150
92	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$78,060	$34,710	2,970
93	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$77,980	$44,720	170
94	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$77,790	$37,950	2,950
95	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$77,770	$38,400	1,510
96	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$77,760	$43,430	15,260
97	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$77,530	$38,610	140
98	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$77,440	$38,950	600
99	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$77,410	$45,950	12,000
100	Richmond, Virginia	$77,370	$45,880	5,110

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for other business operations specialists.