SOC 13-1199 · Business and Financial Operations Occupations · May 2025
How much do Business Operations Specialists, All Other make in Goldsboro, NC?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Goldsboro, NC is $74,440. The 10th percentile is $46,120 and the 90th percentile is $114,130. Employment is 230.
Median annual wage
$74,440
- 10th percentile
- $46,120
- 25th percentile
- $59,230
- Median
- $74,440
- 75th percentile
- $92,640
- 90th percentile
- $114,130
- Mean
- $77,690
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Business Operations Specialists, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $46,120 and the 90th percentile is $114,130. The difference is $68,010, which is 91.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.
The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $59,230 to the 75th at $92,640, covers $33,410.
The mean annual wage is $77,690, which sits above the median of $74,440. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Goldsboro, NC median is 10.4% lower than the national median of $83,050 for Business Operations Specialists, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $84,149, which is 1.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 7.2% lower than the North Carolina median of $80,230.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Goldsboro, NC is 88.462, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $74,440 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Business Operations Specialists, All Other at $84,149 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
24 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Business Operations Specialists, All Other. Goldsboro, NC ranks 13th of 25 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).
- Raleigh-Cary, NC is 38 miles away, with a median of $80,390 and employment of 8,820. That median is 8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $81,899, against $84,149 here.
- Greenville, NC is 39 miles away, with a median of $67,940 and employment of 350. That median is 8.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,853, against $84,149 here.
- Rocky Mount, NC is 42 miles away, with a median of $63,140 and employment of 420. That median is 15.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,740, against $84,149 here.
Employment share
Business Operations Specialists, All Other accounts for 0.57% of wage-and-salary employment in Goldsboro, NC (230 of 40,320). Nationally the occupation is 0.70% of employment (1,087,090 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.82 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.
Highest-paying jobs in Goldsboro, NC · Business Operations Specialists, All Other by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Business Operations Specialists, All Other make in Goldsboro, NC?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Goldsboro, NC is $74,440. The 10th percentile is $46,120 and the 90th percentile is $114,130. Employment is 230.
How does that compare with the national median for Business Operations Specialists, All Other?
The local median is 10.4% lower than the national median of $83,050.
What is Business Operations Specialists, All Other pay in Goldsboro, NC after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Goldsboro, NC is 88.462, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $74,440 is $84,149. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Goldsboro, NC compare with nearby metros for Business Operations Specialists, All Other?
Raleigh-Cary, NC is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 38 miles away, at $80,390. Goldsboro, NC ranks 13th of 25 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.