State comparison · 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers salary: California vs Rhode Island
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in Rhode Island earn a median of $81,650. In California, $76,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13% — not 5.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.9%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-13%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- Median
- $76,840
- p25
- $59,400
- p75
- $98,900
- p10
- $47,530
- p90
- $125,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.