The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $101,800, District of Columbia is the highest paying state for other business operations specialists. It is followed by Maryland (average annual salary $94,660). 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 state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | $101,800 |
$61,940 | 36,950 |
| 2 | Maryland | $94,660 |
$50,230 | 36,600 |
| 3 | Alabama | $89,940 |
$55,000 | 6,090 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | $86,960 |
$50,730 | 22,030 |
| 5 | Virginia | $83,620 |
$48,670 | 37,680 |
| 6 | Connecticut | $82,850 |
$52,810 | 5,440 |
| 7 | New Jersey | $81,790 |
$49,530 | 41,560 |
| 8 | Alaska | $80,770 |
$51,210 | 1,960 |
| 9 | Colorado | $80,700 |
$47,070 | 44,240 |
| 10 | Hawaii | $80,040 |
$48,740 | 3,820 |
| 11 | Oklahoma | $79,980 |
$45,670 | 6,480 |
| 12 | Washington | $79,930 |
$50,900 | 51,390 |
| 13 | New York | $79,840 |
$46,780 | 35,060 |
| 14 | Arizona | $79,780 |
$47,720 | 11,390 |
| 15 | Guam | $79,350 |
$49,550 | 370 |
| 16 | Rhode Island | $78,610 |
$48,940 | 1,940 |
| 17 | Kansas | $78,200 |
$47,350 | 10,140 |
| 18 | Idaho | $77,230 |
$43,560 | 2,850 |
| 19 | Maine | $76,590 |
$45,040 | 4,810 |
| 20 | Illinois | $75,890 |
$37,950 | 40,700 |
| 21 | Pennsylvania | $75,820 |
$42,150 | 25,680 |
| 22 | California | $75,450 |
$38,720 | 176,580 |
| 23 | Texas | $75,190 |
$40,440 | 72,470 |
| 24 | Utah | $73,280 |
$40,230 | 9,450 |
| 25 | New Hampshire | $73,230 |
$46,530 | 2,410 |
| 26 | South Dakota | $72,820 |
$45,610 | 730 |
| 27 | New Mexico | $72,180 |
$41,930 | 7,270 |
| 28 | Michigan | $72,030 |
$41,330 | 28,350 |
| 29 | Missouri | $71,770 |
$45,060 | 13,140 |
| 30 | Nebraska | $71,570 |
$38,750 | 3,620 |
| 31 | Wyoming | $71,140 |
$44,720 | 1,440 |
| 32 | South Carolina | $71,140 |
$41,540 | 4,820 |
| 33 | Delaware | $69,740 |
$40,030 | 1,380 |
| 34 | Ohio | $69,130 |
$39,920 | 32,830 |
| 35 | Indiana | $68,660 |
$36,410 | 6,110 |
| 36 | North Carolina | $68,380 |
$41,210 | 32,490 |
| 37 | North Dakota | $67,400 |
$44,720 | 1,690 |
| 38 | Georgia | $66,690 |
$35,410 | 74,430 |
| 39 | Vermont | $66,410 |
$42,130 | 1,950 |
| 40 | Mississippi | $66,210 |
$37,770 | 3,550 |
| 41 | Oregon | $65,580 |
$43,680 | 14,480 |
| 42 | Minnesota | $65,050 |
$40,390 | 16,920 |
| 43 | Kentucky | $64,000 |
$43,540 | 6,950 |
| 44 | Montana | $62,870 |
$38,000 | 4,300 |
| 45 | Florida | $62,540 |
$36,580 | 56,850 |
| 46 | Tennessee | $62,300 |
$36,380 | 14,350 |
| 47 | Iowa | $62,230 |
$34,100 | 8,080 |
| 48 | Nevada | $62,110 |
$34,530 | 13,840 |
| 49 | Virgin Islands | $61,800 |
$37,980 | 360 |
| 50 | West Virginia | $61,350 |
$31,720 | 4,160 |
| 51 | Wisconsin | $60,530 |
$24,960 | 14,400 |
| 52 | Louisiana | $60,180 |
$33,730 | 18,360 |
| 53 | Arkansas | $59,360 |
$37,040 | 7,040 |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | $43,180 |
$26,030 | 7,130 |