State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: California vs Colorado
Business Operations Specialists in Colorado earn a median of $92,520. In California, $87,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.8% — not 5.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.4%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-11.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $87,570
- p25
- $63,040
- p75
- $127,710
- p10
- $46,410
- p90
- $169,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -68%
Colorado
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $92,520
- p25
- $67,610
- p75
- $121,120
- p10
- $55,850
- p90
- $153,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- 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.