State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: California vs Florida
Business Operations Specialists in California earn a median of $87,570. In Florida, $79,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.7% — not 9.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.9%
California vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
+2.7%
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%
Florida
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $79,650
- p25
- $57,970
- p75
- $107,780
- p10
- $43,710
- p90
- $150,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -72%
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.