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General & Operations Managers salary in Brownsville, TX

Median pay for general & operations managers in Brownsville, TX: $72,610/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $31,860 – $167,960 · about 3,530 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($97,370) by −$24,760 (-25%).

What it's really worth in Brownsville

With Brownsville's cost of living at 86 (US=100), that $72,610 has the buying power of about $84,727 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $47,435 · median home $207,150 · median rent $1,460/mo.

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How Brownsville ranks for this job

On raw pay, Brownsville, TX is 179th of the 186 metros we hold general & operations managers wages for. Once Brownsville's cost of living is applied, it ranks 165th.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Brownsville sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Brownsville

A median home in Brownsville, TX costs $207,150 — about 2.9× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,460/mo works out at 24% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where general & operations managers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Brownsville.

MetroMedian payvs BrownsvilleRent vs Brownsville
San Jose, CA $166,660 +130% 2.5×
Trenton, NJ $154,790 +113% 1.8×
San Francisco, CA $143,250 +97% 2.2×
Washington, DC $142,730 +97% 1.7×

Same job elsewhere in TX

MetroMedian payvs BrownsvilleRent vs Brownsville
Austin, TX $102,590 +41% 1.1×
Dallas, TX $101,750 +40% 1.1×
Houston, TX $101,270 +39% 1.1×
Beaumont, TX $89,980 +24% 0.9×

Staying in TX keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 186 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.