State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Iowa vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In Iowa, $80,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.3% — not 19.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.8%
Iowa vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-2.3%
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
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.