State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Colorado vs District of Columbia
Business Operations Specialists in District of Columbia earn a median of $108,160. In Colorado, $92,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.8% — not 14.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.5%
Colorado vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-8.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $92,520
- p25
- $67,610
- p75
- $121,120
- p10
- $55,850
- p90
- $153,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
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.