State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: South Carolina vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In South Carolina, $79,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10% — not 21.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.2%
South Carolina vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-10%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Carolina
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $79,110
- p25
- $64,790
- p75
- $103,380
- p10
- $48,310
- p90
- $142,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.