State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Colorado vs South Dakota
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In Colorado, $131,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.5% — not 4%.
Nominal pay gap
-4%
Colorado vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-17.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $131,840
- p25
- $91,180
- p75
- $195,190
- p10
- $65,310
- p90
- $305,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -58%
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.