Business and Financial Operations: pay for 32 occupations, May 2025

The field Business and Financial Operations had 10,537,240 jobs in the United States in May 2025, with a median pay of $82,660 a year ($39.74 an hour) across all its occupations.

Filter the occupations

Occupation	Median a year	Median an hour	Jobs
Financial Risk Specialists	$117,330	$56.41	63,850
Personal Financial Advisors	$105,070	$50.51	266,800
Financial and Investment Analysts	$102,740	$49.40	361,980
Project Management Specialists	$102,320	$49.19	1,066,670
Management Analysts	$101,860	$48.97	898,280
Labor Relations Specialists	$95,420	$45.87	64,810
Financial Examiners	$94,160	$45.27	67,830
Budget Analysts	$91,640	$44.06	47,160
Accountants and Auditors	$83,680	$40.23	1,449,500
Credit Analysts	$83,510	$40.15	64,390
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	$83,050	$39.93	1,087,090
Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes	$82,890	$39.85	12,620
Logisticians	$82,320	$39.58	251,040
Insurance Underwriters	$81,370	$39.12	105,420
Financial Specialists, All Other	$81,100	$38.99	132,130
Compliance Officers	$80,730	$38.81	417,070
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	$78,760	$37.87	899,580
Cost Estimators	$78,740	$37.86	224,220
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage	$78,240	$37.61	11,560
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	$78,210	$37.60	112,380
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	$78,000	$37.50	324,230
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	$77,710	$37.36	491,430
Loan Officers	$76,690	$36.87	274,330
Human Resources Specialists	$75,940	$36.51	912,430
Fundraisers	$72,550	$34.88	111,040
Training and Development Specialists	$69,280	$33.31	458,300
Property Appraisers and Assessors	$67,960	$32.67	57,070
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	$62,370	$29.98	56,610
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$61,160	$29.41	142,860
Farm Labor Contractors	$58,460	$28.11	310
Tax Preparers	$54,920	$26.40	76,480
Credit Counselors	$52,230	$25.11	27,770

In short

Highest median pay in this field: Financial Risk Specialists, $117,330 a year.
Lowest: Credit Counselors, $52,230 a year.
Most jobs: Accountants and Auditors (1,449,500), Business Operations Specialists, All Other (1,087,090) and Project Management Specialists (1,066,670).
For comparison, the median for all occupations in the country was $50,980 a year.

Sorted by median pay, highest first. "Not published" in the yearly or hourly column means BLS releases only the other one for that occupation.

The field as a whole

Business and Financial Operations holds 10,537,240 of the 155,495,730 jobs in the national figures, about 7 in every 100. Its median pay of $82,660 a year is 62% above the median for all occupations ($50,980), which places it number 6 of the 22 fields. Across the whole field, the lowest-paid tenth earned less than $48,820 and the highest-paid tenth more than $153,990; the middle half earned between $62,940 and $114,820. The average was $95,230, 15% above the median.

Inside the field

Inside the field, the best-paid occupation with a published yearly median earns 2.2 times the lowest ($117,330 against $52,230). All 32 occupations with a yearly median are above the national median of $50,980. The occupation in the middle of the field's list is Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists, at $78,760. Jobs are unevenly spread: the three largest occupations hold 34% of the field's jobs, while the smallest, Farm Labor Contractors, has 310. Pay stretches furthest within Personal Financial Advisors, where the highest-paid tenth earn over $357,020 and the lowest-paid tenth under $50,190.

Reading the field

Pay also moves with place. For the field's largest occupation, Accountants and Auditors, the state medians run from $43,530 in Puerto Rico to $111,530 in District of Columbia; its own page has every state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics sorts every occupation into one field by the work done, not by the industry of the employer, so an accountant at a hospital is counted under business and financial operations, not health care.

Questions about this field

What is the highest-paying job in business and financial operations?

By published median pay in May 2025: Financial Risk Specialists, at $117,330 a year.

Which business and financial operations occupation has the most jobs?

Accountants and Auditors, with 1,449,500 jobs in the United States.

What is the median pay for business and financial operations occupations?

$82,660 a year across the whole field, against $50,980 for all occupations.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Checked in November 2026. Figures are for employees, before tax, and leave out overtime pay and benefits. They are official statistics, not advice or a pay offer; see bls.gov/oes for the original tables.

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