State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Maryland vs Michigan
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In Michigan, $81,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.7% — not 24.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.1%
Maryland vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+13.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Michigan
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $81,810
- p25
- $65,390
- p75
- $101,000
- p10
- $50,180
- p90
- $131,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.