State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: California vs South Dakota
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In California, $124,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.5% — not 9.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-9.5%
California vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-27.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $124,390
- p25
- $81,620
- p75
- $186,230
- p10
- $60,370
- p90
- $293,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -41%
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.