State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Maryland vs Minnesota
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In Minnesota, $77,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.5% — not 30.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.4%
Maryland vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+22.5%
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%
Minnesota
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $77,820
- p25
- $61,830
- p75
- $103,570
- p10
- $50,890
- p90
- $133,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -85%
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.