State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Missouri vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In Missouri, $80,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.6% — not 19.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.9%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-5.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $80,420
- p25
- $61,810
- p75
- $108,510
- p10
- $49,150
- p90
- $135,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.