State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Maine vs South Dakota
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In Maine, $98,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.3% — not 28%.
Nominal pay gap
-28%
Maine vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-34.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $98,860
- p25
- $71,090
- p75
- $135,210
- p10
- $52,560
- p90
- $190,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.