State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Maryland vs Missouri
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In Missouri, $80,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.1% — not 26.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.2%
Maryland vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+9.1%
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%
Missouri
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $80,420
- p25
- $61,810
- p75
- $108,510
- p10
- $49,150
- p90
- $135,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.