State comparison · 2025
Management Analysts salary: Massachusetts vs South Dakota
Management Analysts in Massachusetts earn a median of $134,720. In South Dakota, $83,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.9% — not 61.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.1%
Massachusetts vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+34.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Management Analysts
- Median
- $134,720
- p25
- $103,150
- p75
- $168,800
- p10
- $82,490
- p90
- $216,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
South Dakota
Management Analysts
- Median
- $83,620
- p25
- $66,120
- p75
- $108,890
- p10
- $59,070
- p90
- $147,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.