State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Arkansas vs District of Columbia
Business Operations Specialists in District of Columbia earn a median of $108,160. In Arkansas, $61,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.4% — not 43.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-43.4%
Arkansas vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-28.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $61,240
- p25
- $46,470
- p75
- $83,740
- p10
- $37,390
- p90
- $115,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
District of Columbia
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $108,160
- p25
- $81,720
- p75
- $140,670
- p10
- $64,110
- p90
- $194,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
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.