State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Maryland vs Rhode Island
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In Rhode Island, $88,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.2% — not 15.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.2%
Maryland vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+12.2%
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%
Rhode Island
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $88,130
- p25
- $65,080
- p75
- $115,230
- p10
- $51,850
- p90
- $140,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.