How much do Business Operations Specialists, All Other make in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA?

Percentile spread

For Business Operations Specialists, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $44,840 and the 90th percentile is $121,850. The difference is $77,010, which is 102.4% 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 $55,580 to the 75th at $95,530, covers $39,950.

The mean annual wage is $79,400, which sits above the median of $75,230. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA median is 9.4% lower than the national median of $83,050 for Business Operations Specialists, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $76,260, which is 8.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.7% lower than the Pennsylvania median of $80,590.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA is 98.650, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $75,230 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Business Operations Specialists, All Other at $76,260 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

37 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Business Operations Specialists, All Other. Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA ranks 24th of 38 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).).

• Lebanon, PA is 31 miles away, with a median of $76,950 and employment of 290. That median is 2.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $82,552, against $76,260 here.
• York-Hanover, PA is 33 miles away, with a median of $90,230 and employment of 780. That median is 19.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $93,990, against $76,260 here.
• Gettysburg, PA is 33 miles away, with a median of $101,500 and employment of 110. That median is 34.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $106,418, against $76,260 here.

Employment share

Business Operations Specialists, All Other accounts for 0.59% of wage-and-salary employment in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA (1,960 of 335,010). Nationally the occupation is 0.70% of employment (1,087,090 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.84 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.