Career Atlas USA

General and Operations Managers Salary in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX

According to the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the median annual wage for General and Operations Managers in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX is $75,350. BLS estimates approximately 3,440 people work in this occupation in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX. Brownsville-Harlingen, TX is 28.8% below the national median ($105,770).

Median salary
$75,350
Average salary
$96,620
Median hourly
$36.23
Employment
3,440

Salary Distribution

Not everyone earns the median. Percentile wages show the range of pay within this occupation.

PercentileAnnual wageHourly wage
10th percentile$37,850$18.20
25th percentile$47,630$22.90
Median (50th)$75,350$36.23
75th percentile$120,790$58.07
90th percentile$182,020$87.51

Data Reliability

BLS OEWS is a survey, not a full census — every estimate carries a margin of error. The relative standard error (RSE) below is BLS’s own measure of how much an estimate could vary; lower is more precise.

Wage estimate
RSE 1.3% — Very reliable
Employment estimate
RSE 2.9% — Very reliable

Where Does Your Salary Fall?

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Concentration

Jobs per 1,000
21.846
Location quotient
0.97

Cost-of-Living Adjusted Salary

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX’s regional price level is below the national average (index 85.975, where 100 = U.S. average). Adjusted for that, the median salary has the purchasing power of $87,642 at the national price level.

This is a Career Atlas USA calculation based on BLS wage data and BEA Regional Price Parities. It is not a separate BLS wage estimate. Wage data: May 2025. Cost-of-living data: 2024.

Sources

Wage data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)May 2025 (release 25).

Figures shown as “Not available” reflect wages the source does not publish (e.g. suppressed for reliability), not zero.

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