State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Arizona vs California
Business Operations Specialists in California earn a median of $87,570. In Arizona, $83,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.5% — not 4.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.9%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
+4.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $83,280
- p25
- $66,630
- p75
- $108,350
- p10
- $53,330
- p90
- $140,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -78%
California
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $87,570
- p25
- $63,040
- p75
- $127,710
- p10
- $46,410
- p90
- $169,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -68%
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.