State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Florida vs South Dakota
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In Florida, $101,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.7% — not 26.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.1%
Florida vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-36.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $101,580
- p25
- $68,400
- p75
- $158,340
- p10
- $48,670
- p90
- $226,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
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.