State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: New Mexico vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In New Mexico, $79,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.5% — not 21.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.2%
New Mexico vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-8.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $79,100
- p25
- $61,620
- p75
- $101,360
- p10
- $48,860
- p90
- $130,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.