State comparison · 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers salary: Iowa vs Rhode Island
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in Rhode Island earn a median of $81,650. In Iowa, $74,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.7% — not 8.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.5%
Iowa vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+6.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- Median
- $74,750
- p25
- $60,460
- p75
- $83,130
- p10
- $48,210
- p90
- $100,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
Rhode Island
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- Median
- $81,650
- p25
- $62,920
- p75
- $103,540
- p10
- $48,080
- p90
- $133,180
- 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.