State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Maryland vs New Jersey
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In New Jersey, $91,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.5% — not 11.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.5%
Maryland vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+15.5%
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%
New Jersey
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $91,060
- p25
- $71,680
- p75
- $117,260
- p10
- $53,300
- p90
- $151,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -89%
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.