State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Iowa vs South Dakota
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In Iowa, $87,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.6% — not 36.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.2%
Iowa vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-35.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $87,690
- p25
- $60,200
- p75
- $129,990
- p10
- $42,850
- p90
- $191,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- 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.