State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Kentucky vs Maryland
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In Kentucky, $74,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.3% — not 26.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.4%
Kentucky vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-14.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $74,690
- p25
- $59,340
- p75
- $96,100
- p10
- $51,450
- p90
- $119,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +800%
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.