State comparison · 2025
Telemarketers salary: Iowa vs Rhode Island
Telemarketers in Rhode Island earn a median of $155,970. In Iowa, $98,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.3% — not 36.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.7%
Iowa vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-26.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Telemarketers
- Median
- $98,700
- p25
- $77,620
- p75
- $124,990
- p10
- $58,390
- p90
- $148,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
Rhode Island
Telemarketers
- Median
- $155,970
- p25
- $124,840
- p75
- $175,780
- p10
- $99,160
- p90
- $249,990
- 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.