State comparison · 2025
Business Operations Specialists salary: Washington vs West Virginia
Business Operations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $100,360. In West Virginia, $69,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.2% — not 44.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.9%
Washington vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+21.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
West Virginia
Business Operations Specialists
- Median
- $69,240
- p25
- $49,290
- p75
- $95,870
- p10
- $41,410
- p90
- $125,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.