State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: Connecticut vs South Dakota
Education Administrators in Connecticut earn a median of $156,240. In South Dakota, $88,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 51.2% — not 76.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+76.8%
Connecticut vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+51.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Education Administrators
- Median
- $156,240
- p25
- $124,030
- p75
- $171,910
- p10
- $86,840
- p90
- $194,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
South Dakota
Education Administrators
- Median
- $88,390
- p25
- $78,940
- p75
- $104,660
- p10
- $74,770
- p90
- $109,270
- 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.