State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Alaska vs Maryland
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In Alaska, $94,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.3% — not 6.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.7%
Alaska vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-4.3%
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
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.