State comparison · 2025
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing salary: Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing in Rhode Island earn a median of $82,420. In Massachusetts, $79,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.4% — not 3.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-3.2%
Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-6.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
- Median
- $79,810
- p25
- $63,550
- p75
- $108,200
- p10
- $47,940
- p90
- $157,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.