State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Montana vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In Montana, $74,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.5% — not 25.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.3%
Montana vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-15.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $74,990
- p25
- $61,530
- p75
- $88,710
- p10
- $49,870
- p90
- $109,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.