State comparison · 2025
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing salary: Illinois vs Rhode Island
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing in Rhode Island earn a median of $82,420. In Illinois, $73,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.8% — not 10.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.8%
Illinois vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-8.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
- Median
- $73,510
- p25
- $56,070
- p75
- $99,580
- p10
- $44,130
- p90
- $134,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
Rhode Island
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
- Median
- $82,420
- p25
- $58,950
- p75
- $132,730
- p10
- $44,550
- p90
- $190,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.