State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Utah vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In Utah, $80,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.6% — not 20.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.1%
Utah vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-13.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Utah
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $80,190
- p25
- $61,110
- p75
- $105,370
- p10
- $43,110
- p90
- $129,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.