State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Massachusetts vs South Dakota
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In Massachusetts, $127,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.5% — not 7.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.4%
Massachusetts vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-22.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $127,220
- p25
- $82,190
- p75
- $199,540
- p10
- $60,700
- p90
- $314,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.