State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Idaho vs Maryland
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In Idaho, $76,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.2% — not 24.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.7%
Idaho vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-17.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $76,400
- p25
- $59,510
- p75
- $98,650
- p10
- $50,740
- p90
- $122,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.