State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In Rhode Island, $88,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.2% — not 12.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.2%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-8.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $88,130
- p25
- $65,080
- p75
- $115,230
- p10
- $51,850
- p90
- $140,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.