Business Operations Specialists, all other

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Business operation specialists, all other

2004 employment: 897,000
2014 projected employment: 1,139,000
Change — numeric: 242,000; percent: 27.0%
2004 median annual earnings: $53,460; earnings group: very high
2004 self-employed: 0.0%
2004 part-time employment: low
2004 unemployment: low
Typical education and training: Bachelor's degree
Educational attainment — high school: 20.0%; some college: 37.9%; bachelor's degree: 42.1%

source: Employment Matrix; about this section

National Average and Percentile Annual Earnings, May 2005

source: Occupational Employment Statistics Program; about this section

May 2005 Mean Annual Earnings and Employment, wage and salary workers

Business operations specialists, all other
— National
U.S.:	$59,030
— by State
AL:	$62,680
AK:	$61,920
AZ:	$52,170
AR:	$43,240
CA:	$58,650
CO:	$64,030
CT:	$65,970
DE:	$59,960
DC:	$85,600
FL:	$56,710
GA:	$57,360
HI:	$57,860
ID:	$49,800
IL:	$66,270
IN:	$49,430
IA:	$47,690
KS:	$52,250
LA:	$49,810
ME:	$52,680
MD:	$66,330
MA:	$60,310
MI:	$67,560
MN:	$51,670
MS:	$50,540
MO:	$52,310
MT:	$44,530
NE:	$54,000
NV:	$55,190
NH:	$49,680
NJ:	$59,900
NM:	$52,650
NY:	$65,170
NC:	$55,700
ND:	$48,000
OH:	$49,400
OK:	$54,530
OR:	$48,660
PA:	$63,380
RI:	$56,460
SC:	$52,590
SD:	$50,890
TN:	$65,040
TX:	$61,140
UT:	$50,160
VT:	$56,790
VA:	$65,740
WA:	$62,650
WV:	$48,540
WI:	$54,410
WY:	$45,280
GU:	$59,590
PR:	$32,010
VI:	$45,570
— by NAICS Industry Sector
11	$62,200
21	$67,850
22	$64,710
23	$60,120
31-33	$64,860
42	$65,410
44-45	$46,550
48-49	$57,930
51	$63,360
52	$60,040
53	$54,160
54	$68,220
55	$65,080
56	$57,090
61	$50,490
62	$49,640
71	$51,040
72	$42,520
81	$47,120
92	$61,850
Also see State and Metropolitan Area and industry estimates of employment and percentile earnings for business operations specialists, all other.

Width of bars indicates mean annual wages; color of bars indicates employment.

source: Occupational Employment Statistics Program; about this section

1999 employment and earnings distribution, year-round full-time workers

Other business operations specialists

	Percentile earnings distribution
	10th	25th	50th	75th	90th
All workers employment: 169,810 average earnings: $43,000	$20,000	$26,000	$35,000	$50,000	$71,000
Men employment: 75,710 average earnings: $43,000	$22,000	$30,000	$42,000	$61,000	$85,000
Women employment: 94,100 average earnings: $36,000	$19,000	$24,000	$31,000	$42,000	$57,000

source: Bureau of the Census; about this section

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