State comparison · 2025
Loan Officers salary: Connecticut vs South Dakota
Loan Officers in Connecticut earn a median of $95,730. In South Dakota, $79,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.4% — not 19.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.8%
Connecticut vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+2.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Loan Officers
- Median
- $95,730
- p25
- $63,790
- p75
- $121,360
- p10
- $50,300
- p90
- $171,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
South Dakota
Loan Officers
- Median
- $79,920
- p25
- $65,570
- p75
- $99,750
- p10
- $58,480
- p90
- $125,080
- 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.