State comparison · 2025
Industrial Production Managers salary: Delaware vs South Dakota
Industrial Production Managers in Delaware earn a median of $153,000. In South Dakota, $107,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.4% — not 42.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.3%
Delaware vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+26.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Industrial Production Managers
- Median
- $153,000
- p25
- $129,290
- p75
- $178,190
- p10
- $99,770
- p90
- $214,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
South Dakota
Industrial Production Managers
- Median
- $107,490
- p25
- $96,530
- p75
- $132,470
- p10
- $82,620
- p90
- $162,240
- 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.