State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Kentucky vs South Dakota
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In Kentucky, $79,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.3% — not 42.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.2%
Kentucky vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-43.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $79,370
- p25
- $53,820
- p75
- $124,710
- p10
- $40,500
- p90
- $176,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.