State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Alabama vs South Dakota
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In Alabama, $111,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.8% — not 18.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.6%
Alabama vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-18.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $111,790
- p25
- $76,840
- p75
- $169,510
- p10
- $55,160
- p90
- $243,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
South Dakota
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $137,400
- p25
- $105,210
- p75
- $185,100
- p10
- $85,990
- p90
- $232,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.