State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In Kentucky, $74,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.7% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.6%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11.7%
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%
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.