State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In Pennsylvania, $80,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12% — not 19.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.7%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-12%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
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.