State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Maryland vs Mississippi
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In Mississippi, $76,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.2% — not 31.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.9%
Maryland vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+9.2%
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%
Mississippi
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $76,980
- p25
- $61,580
- p75
- $100,420
- p10
- $46,790
- p90
- $125,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.