State comparison · 2025
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers salary: Delaware vs South Dakota
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers in Delaware earn a median of $145,000. In South Dakota, $107,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.8% — not 35%.
Nominal pay gap
+35%
Delaware vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+19.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
- Median
- $145,000
- p25
- $124,290
- p75
- $176,010
- p10
- $101,250
- p90
- $210,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
South Dakota
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
- Median
- $107,410
- p25
- $88,250
- p75
- $123,670
- p10
- $70,090
- p90
- $147,230
- 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.