State comparison · 2025
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing salary: Kansas vs Rhode Island
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing in Rhode Island earn a median of $82,420. In Kansas, $68,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5% — not 16.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.3%
Kansas vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
- Median
- $68,960
- p25
- $49,800
- p75
- $97,490
- p10
- $39,990
- p90
- $131,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
Rhode Island
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
- Median
- $82,420
- p25
- $58,950
- p75
- $132,730
- p10
- $44,550
- p90
- $190,140
- 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.