State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Maine vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In Maine, $78,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 21.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.5%
Maine vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-13.4%
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
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.