State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Iowa vs Maryland
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In Iowa, $80,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.2% — not 20.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.7%
Iowa vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-5.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $80,470
- p25
- $63,130
- p75
- $104,180
- p10
- $49,770
- p90
- $134,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.