State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Maine vs Maryland
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In Maine, $78,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16% — not 22.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.3%
Maine vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-16%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $78,830
- p25
- $62,220
- p75
- $101,490
- p10
- $51,360
- p90
- $120,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.