State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Colorado vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In Colorado, $92,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.3% — not 7.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.8%
Colorado vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-4.3%
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%
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.