State comparison · 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers salary: Arkansas vs Rhode Island
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in Rhode Island earn a median of $81,650. In Arkansas, $63,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9% — not 22.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.7%
Arkansas vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- Median
- $63,090
- p25
- $50,950
- p75
- $78,400
- p10
- $43,180
- p90
- $106,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
Rhode Island
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- Median
- $81,650
- p25
- $62,920
- p75
- $103,540
- p10
- $48,080
- p90
- $133,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.