State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Hawaii vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In Hawaii, $92,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.2% — not 7.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.7%
Hawaii vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-10.2%
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
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)
- +42%
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.