State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Arkansas vs Maryland
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In Arkansas, $61,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.1% — not 39.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.7%
Arkansas vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-27.1%
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
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.