State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Maryland vs North Carolina
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In North Carolina, $80,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.6% — not 26.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.5%
Maryland vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+13.6%
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%
North Carolina
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $80,230
- p25
- $60,790
- p75
- $105,760
- p10
- $48,370
- p90
- $139,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.