State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: New York vs Pennsylvania
Business Operations Specialists in New York earn a median of $83,450. In Pennsylvania, $80,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.3% — not 3.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+3.5%
New York vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-6.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $83,450
- p25
- $61,200
- p75
- $112,940
- p10
- $45,960
- p90
- $144,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -63%
Pennsylvania
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $80,590
- p25
- $61,410
- p75
- $107,170
- p10
- $48,280
- p90
- $138,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -87%
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.