State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In Mississippi, $76,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.7% — not 23.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.3%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-5.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $76,980
- p25
- $61,580
- p75
- $100,420
- p10
- $46,790
- p90
- $125,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.