State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Hawaii vs Maryland
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In Hawaii, $92,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.9% — not 8.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.7%
Hawaii vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-12.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $92,620
- p25
- $71,000
- p75
- $117,190
- p10
- $52,900
- p90
- $133,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
Maryland
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $101,500
- p25
- $76,470
- p75
- $131,280
- p10
- $58,240
- p90
- $162,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
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.