State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Alaska vs District of Columbia
Business Operations Specialists in District of Columbia earn a median of $108,160. In Alaska, $94,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6% — not 12.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.4%
Alaska vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $94,740
- p25
- $76,000
- p75
- $113,740
- p10
- $66,780
- p90
- $133,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
District of Columbia
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $108,160
- p25
- $81,720
- p75
- $140,670
- p10
- $64,110
- p90
- $194,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
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.