State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: North Carolina vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In North Carolina, $80,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.3% — not 20.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.1%
North Carolina vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-9.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Carolina
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $80,230
- p25
- $60,790
- p75
- $105,760
- p10
- $48,370
- p90
- $139,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.