State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Alabama vs Maryland
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In Alabama, $100,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.8% — not 1.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-1.2%
Alabama vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+16.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $100,240
- p25
- $77,000
- p75
- $131,270
- p10
- $61,110
- p90
- $164,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Maryland
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $101,500
- p25
- $76,470
- p75
- $131,280
- p10
- $58,240
- p90
- $162,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.