State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Maryland vs Montana
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In Montana, $74,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.9% — not 35.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.4%
Maryland vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+21.9%
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%
Montana
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $74,990
- p25
- $61,530
- p75
- $88,710
- p10
- $49,870
- p90
- $109,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.