State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: California vs District of Columbia
Business Operations Specialists in District of Columbia earn a median of $108,160. In California, $87,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.6% — not 19%.
Nominal pay gap
-19%
California vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-19.6%
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%
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.