State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Arkansas vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In Arkansas, $61,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.9% — not 39%.
Nominal pay gap
-39%
Arkansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-24.9%
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
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.