State comparison · 2025
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing salary: Kentucky vs Rhode Island
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing in Rhode Island earn a median of $82,420. In Kentucky, $64,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.5% — not 22%.
Nominal pay gap
-22%
Kentucky vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-11.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
- Median
- $64,280
- p25
- $47,400
- p75
- $94,590
- p10
- $36,030
- p90
- $133,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.