State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Alaska vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In Alaska, $94,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.4% — not 5.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.6%
Alaska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-1.4%
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
Washington
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $100,360
- p25
- $78,980
- p75
- $128,830
- p10
- $63,360
- p90
- $166,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +42%
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.