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Business Operations Specialists, All Other pay in Lexington Park, MD and McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Business Operations Specialists, All Other is $136,660 per year in Lexington Park, MD. It is $73,920 per year in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX. Lexington Park, MD is 84.9% above McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-1199 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 2,180 wage and salary jobs in Lexington Park, MD and 1,170 in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.