State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Illinois vs Maryland
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In Illinois, $82,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.1% — not 19.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.1%
Illinois vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-15.1%
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%
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.