State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Kansas vs Maryland
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In Kansas, $83,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.3% — not 17.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.9%
Kansas vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-4.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $83,350
- p25
- $63,820
- p75
- $107,260
- p10
- $49,410
- p90
- $134,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.