State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Arizona vs South Dakota
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In Arizona, $94,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.3% — not 31%.
Nominal pay gap
-31%
Arizona vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-39.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $94,800
- p25
- $63,040
- p75
- $149,550
- p10
- $47,990
- p90
- $220,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
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.