State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Florida vs Illinois
Business Operations Specialists in Illinois earn a median of $82,070. In Florida, $79,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.1% — not 2.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-2.9%
Florida vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-6.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $79,650
- p25
- $57,970
- p75
- $107,780
- p10
- $43,710
- p90
- $150,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -72%
Illinois
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $82,070
- p25
- $62,340
- p75
- $109,030
- p10
- $46,360
- p90
- $137,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -85%
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.