Business Operations Specialists, All Other
SOC 13-1199 · 2024-2034
All business operations specialists not listed separately.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $89,039per year
- Projected openings
- 152,190
- Projected change
- +6.8%
- Usually needs
- Bachelor's degree
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Numerous Job Openings
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $110,665 | 13,140 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $108,658 | 12,470 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $95,974 | 11,290 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $93,237 | 2,830 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $89,224 | 1,150 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $87,730 | 900 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $86,423 | 3,000 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $85,924 | 1,980 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $83,622 | 1,130 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $83,055 | 37,740 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $82,899 | 8,650 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $82,879 | 320 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $82,532 | 18,140 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $82,420 | 440 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $81,920 | 15,510 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $81,707 | 1,550 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $81,494 | 710 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $80,556 | 360 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $80,231 | 710 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $78,438 | 420 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $78,367 | 1,300 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $77,582 | 3,100 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $76,859 | 450 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $76,014 | 330 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $76,014 | 1,500 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $74,496 | 390 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $74,099 | 730 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $73,854 | 380 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $70,514 | 11,100 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $57,690 | 1,120 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $47,189
- A quarter earn under
- $64,098
- Half earn under
- $89,039
- Three quarters earn under
- $129,853
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $171,998
A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.
Related work
Occupations in the same family as this one, ordered by projected openings. Related by how the job classification groups them, not by a claim that the skills transfer.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management Analysts | $103,162 | 154,880 | +11.5% |
| Accountants and Auditors | $98,678 | 154,340 | +7.5% |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | $96,289 | 122,600 | +9.4% |
| Human Resources Specialists | $84,901 | 97,470 | +10.4% |
| Project Management Specialists | $122,938 | 89,550 | +6.8% |
| Buyers and Purchasing Agents | $84,108 | 52,140 | +6.6% |
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