State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Minnesota vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In Minnesota, $77,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.9% — not 22.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.5%
Minnesota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-15.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $77,820
- p25
- $61,830
- p75
- $103,570
- p10
- $50,890
- p90
- $133,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -85%
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.