State comparison · 2025
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing salary: Arkansas vs Rhode Island
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing in Rhode Island earn a median of $82,420. In Arkansas, $55,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.3% — not 33.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.1%
Arkansas vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-21.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
- Median
- $55,120
- p25
- $38,590
- p75
- $83,270
- p10
- $29,630
- p90
- $132,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
Rhode Island
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
- Median
- $82,420
- p25
- $58,950
- p75
- $132,730
- p10
- $44,550
- p90
- $190,140
- 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.