Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,687
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$15,133
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,596
Texas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Texas — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$80,820
Kept after tax
$65,687
Worth in national money
$67,596
State rank
23
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Texas pays this job around $80,820 at the midpoint, 23 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Texas this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 111 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $80,820, take-home of $65,687 is worth roughly $67,596 in national money. The average comes to $89,230, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For business operations specialists, all other the Texas median is $80,820, ranking 23 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Texas publishes a median for, business operations specialists, all other sits 111 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for business operations specialists, all other, whose median is $80,820, the adjusted figure of $67,596 differs little from $65,687 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $89,230 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Business Operations Specialists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,310 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $135,450 |
| This salary | $80,820 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Texas | $65,687 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $65,687 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,101 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $80,820 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,031 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $80,820 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,310 and the ninetieth is $135,450 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $65,687, from $80,820, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 111 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $67,596, the adjusted value of that $80,820 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 111 of 493 in the state.
- The Texas median of $80,820 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,310 to $135,450. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Texas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $65,687 from $80,820. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 111 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $67,596 — the adjusted value of that $80,820 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 111 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $89,230, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $47,310 and the top tenth $135,450 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Texas is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $67,596 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $65,687 of this wage reaches your account, because Texas takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Texas is $89,230. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($47,310) and the ninetieth ($135,450) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Texas's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $67,596 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Texas levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $65,687 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.