State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Indiana vs South Dakota
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In Indiana, $108,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.2% — not 21.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.3%
Indiana vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-25.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $108,170
- p25
- $75,690
- p75
- $167,830
- p10
- $53,820
- p90
- $248,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.