State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Maryland vs North Dakota
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In North Dakota, $80,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.9% — not 26.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.1%
Maryland vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+6.9%
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%
North Dakota
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $80,500
- p25
- $63,130
- p75
- $103,150
- p10
- $51,870
- p90
- $131,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.