State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: California vs Texas
Business Operations Specialists in California earn a median of $87,570. In Texas, $80,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5% — not 8.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+8.4%
California vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $87,570
- p25
- $63,040
- p75
- $127,710
- p10
- $46,410
- p90
- $169,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -68%
Texas
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $80,820
- p25
- $61,680
- p75
- $106,330
- p10
- $47,310
- p90
- $135,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -63%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.