State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Maryland vs West Virginia
Business Operations Specialists in Maryland earn a median of $101,500. In West Virginia, $69,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25% — not 46.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.6%
Maryland vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+25%
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%
West Virginia
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $69,240
- p25
- $49,290
- p75
- $95,870
- p10
- $41,410
- p90
- $125,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.