State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Louisiana vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In Louisiana, $63,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.6% — not 37%.
Nominal pay gap
-37%
Louisiana vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-23.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $63,220
- p25
- $48,000
- p75
- $88,610
- p10
- $37,150
- p90
- $116,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.