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Business Operations Specialists, All Other pay in District of Columbia and Mississippi
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Business Operations Specialists, All Other is $108,160 per year in District of Columbia. It is $76,980 per year in Mississippi. District of Columbia is 40.5% above Mississippi on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-1199 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 37,790 wage and salary jobs in District of Columbia and 4,130 in Mississippi. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.