State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: California vs New York
Business Operations Specialists in California earn a median of $87,570. In New York, $83,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.3% — not 4.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.9%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+2.3%
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%
New York
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $83,450
- p25
- $61,200
- p75
- $112,940
- p10
- $45,960
- p90
- $144,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -63%
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.