Business operations specialists, all other job market in Texas
Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.
The headline
Industry employment fell while average weekly industry wages rose
A data-driven view of the industries that employ Business operations specialists, all other in Texas.
Occupation pay
What Business operations specialists, all other earn in Texas
BLS OEWS occupation-level pay estimates for this role — separate from the industry wage trends used elsewhere in this report.
Median annual wage
$80,820Texas- Middle 50% of published wages
- $61,680 – $106,330
- U.S. median annual wage
- $83,050
- Reference period
- May 2025
The middle 50% is the 25th-to-75th percentile wage range, not an experience-level band. Suppressed or unavailable BLS values remain unpublished rather than being estimated.
Pay around Texas
How median pay varies by metro area
Published BLS OEWS metro estimates for Business operations specialists, all other, compared with the Texas median of $80,820.
Odessa, TX$97,720+20.9% vs. state
Eagle Pass, TX$88,710+9.8% vs. state
Midland, TX$87,890+8.7% vs. state
Killeen-Temple, TX$83,780+3.7% vs. state
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$83,600+3.4% vs. state
Victoria, TX$83,280+3.0% vs. state
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San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$82,130+1.6% vs. state
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$82,060+1.5% vs. state
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$81,070+0.3% vs. state
Laredo, TX$80,390−0.5% vs. state
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$79,490−1.6% vs. state
Waco, TX$79,440−1.7% vs. state
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$78,850−2.4% vs. state
Texarkana, TX-AR$78,850−2.4% vs. state
Corpus Christi, TX$77,770−3.8% vs. state
El Paso, TX$77,750−3.8% vs. state
Sherman-Denison, TX$77,500−4.1% vs. state
College Station-Bryan, TX$76,560−5.3% vs. state
Areas are ordered by published median wage for readability, not as an overall job-market ranking. The vertical marker is the Texas median. Some BLS metropolitan areas cross state lines, so a metro estimate can cover workers in more than one state.
Verified snapshot
Market at a Glance
Key changes in Texas’s weighted industry mix.
Percentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
Published coverage: 585,771 represented establishments, 82.75% of the published industry mix.
Latest interpretation
What stands out for business operations specialists, all other in Texas
The clearest signals from the latest validated state industry context and occupation-pay data.
Texas leads the U.S. on weighted-industry employment
Employment across the industries associated with Business operations specialists, all other changed -0.6% year over year in Texas, 0.9 percentage points above the national change of -1.5%. This is weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment.
BLS QCEW weighted industry contextOccupation pay is close to the national median
The published median annual wage for Business operations specialists, all other in Texas is $80,820, 2.7% below the U.S. median of $83,050.
BLS OEWS occupation payEmployment and industry wages moved in opposite directions
Weighted-industry employment changed -0.6% while average weekly industry wages changed +4.7%. Industry wage growth is not occupation pay and does not explain the employment change.
BLS QCEW weighted industry contextIndustry measures describe the industries associated with this occupation. They are not direct occupation employment, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score.
Employment trends
Texas industry employment over time
Year-over-year change in the weighted industries. The U.S. line is the latest-quarter benchmark because a comparable national quarterly history is not published here.
- Texas · 2026 Q1-0.6%
- U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark-1.5%
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| Quarter | Texas | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | +1.6% | 100% |
| 2024 Q3 | +1.7% | 100% |
| 2024 Q4 | +1.6% | 100% |
| 2025 Q1 | +1.5% | 100% |
| 2025 Q2 | +1.1% | 100% |
| 2025 Q3 | +0.7% | 100% |
| 2025 Q4 | -0.2% | 100% |
| 2026 Q1 | -0.6% | 100% |
How to read this chart
State trend and national reference
The solid line follows Texas’s published year-over-year industry employment changes by quarter. The dashed U.S. line is a latest-quarter reference, not a second time series.
- Published quarters
- 8
- Earliest quarter
- 2024 Q2
- Latest quarter
- 2026 Q1
- U.S. benchmark
- -1.5%
Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.
Industry context
Where Business operations specialists, all other Work
The occupation mix determines which Texas industries are weighted into this view.
| Industry group | Occupation mix | Employment change | Establishments | Avg. weekly industry wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional and business services | 23.5% | +0.9% | 192,656 | $2,210 |
| Federal | 18.5% | -7.1% | 3,564 | $2,154 |
| Private education and health services | 15.4% | +2.0% | 117,663 | $1,236 |
| Financial activities | 8.9% | +1.1% | 95,569 | $2,867 |
| State and local | 8.5% | +0.5% | 13,725 | $1,273 |
| Trade, transportation, and utilities | 7.7% | -0.2% | 162,594 | $1,485 |
Which industries are growing?
4 weighted industries are growing
Only weighted industries with a published positive Texas employment change are listed.
- Private education and health services+2.0%
- Financial activities+1.1%
- Professional and business services+0.9%
- State and local+0.5%
The remaining weighted industries published a flat or negative change in January to March 2026.
Current Texas context
Current Texas Market Signals
Statewide indicators for all occupations in Texas. They are not Business operations specialists, all other demand and are not part of the Job Market Health score.
Statewide job postings
Indeed job postings · Texas
Recent hiring-demand context · separate from the health score
Total postings index (seasonally adjusted) by observation date · baseline 100
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| Observation date | Index (Feb 2020 = 100) |
|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | 114.05 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 113.97 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 113.53 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 114.15 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 114.29 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 114.83 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 115.34 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 116.90 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 117.48 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 117.58 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 117.56 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 118.31 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 118.27 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 118.56 |
This is statewide demand across all occupations, not demand for this specific job. Postings are not a count of vacancies or hires, and Indeed does not cover the entire labor market.
Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0. Seven-day average, seasonally adjusted; publisher refreshes weekly and may revise history. Retrieved Nov 1, 2026 · saved source copy. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.
Statewide layoff notices
Statewide WARN notices
Texas statewide26 notices in this source
Notice dates from Aug 5, 2026 to Nov 2, 2026 (UTC), a rolling 90-calendar-day period.
What this means: This is the number of WARN notices with notice dates in this period in Texas’s official statewide list. It is a statewide count only, and does not identify any employer.
Notices describe planned workforce changes, not confirmed job losses. Notices may be amended or withdrawn. This statewide context is not occupation-specific and does not affect the Job Market Health score. WARN covers qualifying large layoffs and closures under applicable law, not all layoffs, and thresholds vary by state.
Texas Workforce Commission About WARN data
Source last checked
Questions answered by this release
Business operations specialists, all other in Texas FAQs
Each answer is limited to what QCEW 2026 Q1 actually publishes for this state.
Is employment growing for Business operations specialists, all other in Texas?
The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the Texas industries weighted to Business operations specialists, all other changed -0.6% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with -1.5% nationwide.
Are wages for Business operations specialists, all other rising in Texas?
QCEW does not publish pay for Business operations specialists, all other in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +4.7% year over year; that must not be read as an occupation salary change.
How complete is this Texas industry view?
The three core state trends each meet the site’s coverage floor; the minimum published coverage is 100% of the occupation’s industry mix.
Does this page show current Business operations specialists, all other openings?
No. QCEW measures industry employment, establishments and wages. Any postings, news or WARN figures shown here are statewide context and are not occupation-specific openings.
Methodology & sourcesQCEW 2026 Q1 · coverage 100% · full evidence record
Methodology & Sources
Derived by JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix. This is occupation-weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.
- Occupation
- Business operations specialists, all other
- SOC code
- 13-1199
- State
- Texas
- QCEW release label
- QCEW 2026 Q1
- Data period
- 2026 Q1
- State industry employment, year over year
- -0.6%State data coverage 100%
- U.S. benchmark, year over year
- -1.5%
- Difference from U.S. benchmark
- +0.9 percentage pointsPercentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
- Establishments, year over year
- +2.0%State data coverage 100%
- Average weekly industry wage, year over year
- +4.7%State data coverage 100%
- Industry mix vintage
- EP-2025-2035
- BLS publication date
- Aug 28, 2026
- Source verification
- Verified against the committed source snapshotVerified Sep 17, 2026
- Canonical record URL
- https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/business-operations-specialists-all-other/texas#evidence-record
- Derived by
- JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix
MethodologyBLS QCEWHow to citeQCEW state context release, 2026 Q1
Weighted industry conditions are not direct occupation employment, occupation wages, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. No causal explanation is inferred.