State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Georgia vs South Dakota
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In Georgia, $103,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.5% — not 24.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.5%
Georgia vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-30.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $103,730
- p25
- $68,000
- p75
- $165,100
- p10
- $47,440
- p90
- $237,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -63%
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.