State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: South Dakota vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In South Dakota, $85,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.7% — not 15%.
Nominal pay gap
-15%
South Dakota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+2.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Dakota
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $85,340
- p25
- $71,280
- p75
- $108,920
- p10
- $61,110
- p90
- $129,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.