State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Virginia vs Washington
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In Virginia, $85,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.2% — not 15.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.1%
Virginia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-10.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Virginia
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $85,200
- p25
- $60,660
- p75
- $121,070
- p10
- $46,650
- p90
- $156,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -68%
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.