State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Maryland vs Pennsylvania
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In Pennsylvania, $80,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.1% — not 25.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.9%
Maryland vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+17.1%
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%
Pennsylvania
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $80,590
- p25
- $61,410
- p75
- $107,170
- p10
- $48,280
- p90
- $138,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -87%
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.