State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Tennessee vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In Tennessee, $78,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.7% — not 21.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.6%
Tennessee vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-8.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Tennessee
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $78,690
- p25
- $58,870
- p75
- $119,670
- p10
- $45,880
- p90
- $146,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.