Business Operations Specialist salary in Austin, TX

Based on 24 certified H-1B filings in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Round Rock, Buda, Florence, Georgetown, Lago Vista.

Median salary$84,696
Middle 50%$70.6k–$105.3k
vs. national median+8%comparison median $78,289
Filings24FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $54,870 and $166,603.
PercentileSalary
10th$70,348
25th$70,595
50th (median)$84,696
75th$105,264
90th$149,431

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $80k $100k FY2023: median $71,300 (15 filings) FY2025: median $86,400 (13 filings) FY2026: median $82,992 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 6 filings FY20 FY2021: 4 filings FY21 FY2022: 9 filings FY22 FY2023: 15 filings FY23 FY2024: 8 filings FY24 FY2025: 13 filings FY25 FY2026: 11 filings FY26 15
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––6
FY2021–––4
FY2022–––9
FY2023$71,300$66,664$97,80115
FY2024–––8
FY2025$86,400$70,595$108,33713
FY2026$82,992$70,595$103,30011

Cost of living

Austin's median Business Operations Specialist salary of $84,696 is worth about $86,400 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Austin = 98.1).

Compared with all workers here

All Business Operations Specialists, All Other in the Austin, TX area earned a median of $79,490 in May 2025 (11,820 employed). The H-1B median here is $84,696, 7% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Metatoo few2
Wiprotoo few2
Cisco Systemstoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II $80,000 15
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$70,283$80,00015

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.