State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Idaho vs South Dakota
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In Idaho, $80,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.7% — not 41.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.5%
Idaho vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-45.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $80,390
- p25
- $57,470
- p75
- $121,050
- p10
- $41,920
- p90
- $170,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.