State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Michigan vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In Michigan, $81,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.3% — not 18.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.5%
Michigan vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-9.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $81,810
- p25
- $65,390
- p75
- $101,000
- p10
- $50,180
- p90
- $131,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
Washington
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $100,360
- p25
- $78,980
- p75
- $128,830
- p10
- $63,360
- p90
- $166,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +42%
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.