State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Arizona vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In Arizona, $83,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.8% — not 17%.
Nominal pay gap
-17%
Arizona vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11.8%
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%
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.