State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Arkansas vs South Dakota
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In Arkansas, $74,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.1% — not 46.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-46.1%
Arkansas vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-45.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $74,050
- p25
- $48,760
- p75
- $117,510
- p10
- $36,200
- p90
- $173,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.