State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Arizona vs Maryland
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In Arizona, $83,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.4% — not 18%.
Nominal pay gap
-18%
Arizona vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-14.4%
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%
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.