State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Delaware vs South Dakota
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In Delaware, $137,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.3% — not 0.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-0.1%
Delaware vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-11.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $137,220
- p25
- $97,920
- p75
- $200,010
- p10
- $73,430
- p90
- $310,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.