State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Kansas vs South Dakota
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In Kansas, $92,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.6% — not 32.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.4%
Kansas vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-33.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $92,840
- p25
- $65,350
- p75
- $139,410
- p10
- $51,780
- p90
- $212,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -93%
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.