State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Maryland vs Tennessee
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In Tennessee, $78,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.9% — not 29%.
Nominal pay gap
+29%
Maryland vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+12.9%
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%
Tennessee
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $78,690
- p25
- $58,870
- p75
- $119,670
- p10
- $45,880
- p90
- $146,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.