State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Maryland vs Virginia
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In Virginia, $85,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 19.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.1%
Maryland vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+14.7%
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%
Virginia
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $85,200
- p25
- $60,660
- p75
- $121,070
- p10
- $46,650
- p90
- $156,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -68%
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.