SOC 13-0000

Business and Financial Operations Occupations

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The Business and Financial Operations Occupations major group (SOC 13-0000) contains 32 distinct occupations in the BLS Standard Occupational Classification system, each measured individually by the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey in May 2025. Combined U.S. OEWS employment across this group is approximately 10,537,240 estimated jobs in covered establishments for occupations where employment is separately reported. The equal-weighted mean of the published occupation medians inside this group is $80,950. It is a derived comparison benchmark, not the group’s worker-level mean or median and not a career-stage estimate.

The published medians span from $117,330 for Financial Risk Specialists to $52,230 for Credit Counselors, a 2.2× endpoint ratio. The ranking establishes those occupation-level values but does not identify the effects of credentials, seniority, responsibility, or industry.

Use this page as a launch pad: each row links to the occupation's national profile, with percentile boundaries, local-area rows, projections, and education assignments where the relevant source publishes them. OEWS wages include straight-time pay, tips, commissions, incentive pay, and production bonuses. Employer benefits, overtime premiums, stock compensation, and nonproduction bonuses sit outside the estimate; their value varies too much to apply one site-wide uplift. For career planning, pair these medians with the 10th-to-90th percentile spread on each occupation's page so you understand the observed wage distribution before committing to an educational or certification pathway. Those percentile boundaries are not an individual's guaranteed floor or ceiling.

# Occupation Median Salary
1 Financial Risk Specialists 13-2054 $117,330
2 Personal Financial Advisors 13-2052 $105,070
3 Financial and Investment Analysts 13-2051 $102,740
4 Project Management Specialists 13-1082 $102,320
5 Management Analysts 13-1111 $101,860
6 Labor Relations Specialists 13-1075 $95,420
7 Financial Examiners 13-2061 $94,160
8 Budget Analysts 13-2031 $91,640
9 Accountants and Auditors 13-2011 $83,680
10 Credit Analysts 13-2041 $83,510
11 Business Operations Specialists, All Other 13-1199 $83,050
12 Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes 13-1011 $82,890
13 Logisticians 13-1081 $82,320
14 Insurance Underwriters 13-2053 $81,370
15 Financial Specialists, All Other 13-2099 $81,100
16 Compliance Officers 13-1041 $80,730
17 Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 13-1161 $78,760
18 Cost Estimators 13-1051 $78,740
19 Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage 13-1032 $78,240
20 Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists 13-1141 $78,210
21 Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-1031 $78,000
22 Buyers and Purchasing Agents 13-1020 $77,710
23 Loan Officers 13-2072 $76,690
24 Human Resources Specialists 13-1071 $75,940
25 Fundraisers 13-1131 $72,550
26 Training and Development Specialists 13-1151 $69,280
27 Property Appraisers and Assessors 13-2020 $67,960
28 Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents 13-2081 $62,370
29 Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 13-1121 $61,160
30 Farm Labor Contractors 13-1074 $58,460
31 Tax Preparers 13-2082 $54,920
32 Credit Counselors 13-2071 $52,230

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Last updated: May 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025.

SOC classification from BLS Standard Occupational Classification system, 2018 edition.

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