State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Illinois vs South Dakota
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In Illinois, $103,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.2% — not 24.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.6%
Illinois vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-33.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $103,570
- p25
- $72,300
- p75
- $167,980
- p10
- $53,240
- p90
- $269,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.