State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Illinois vs Indiana
Business Operations Specialists in Illinois earn a median of $82,070. In Indiana, $79,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.1% — not 3.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+3.8%
Illinois vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
-3.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Indiana
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $79,030
- p25
- $60,240
- p75
- $104,350
- p10
- $47,790
- p90
- $132,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +150%
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.