State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: California vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In California, $87,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.7% — not 12.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.7%
California vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-15.7%
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%
Washington
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $100,360
- p25
- $78,980
- p75
- $128,830
- p10
- $63,360
- p90
- $166,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.