State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: California vs Oregon
Business Operations Specialists in California earn a median of $87,570. In Oregon, $77,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6% — not 13.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.5%
California vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+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%
Oregon
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $77,170
- p25
- $61,710
- p75
- $98,520
- p10
- $50,250
- p90
- $128,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.