State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Illinois vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In Illinois, $82,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.5% — not 18.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.2%
Illinois vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-12.5%
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%
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.