State comparison · 2025
Sales Managers salary: Massachusetts vs South Dakota
Sales Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $191,200. In South Dakota, $136,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.4% — not 40.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.2%
Massachusetts vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+17.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Sales Managers
- Median
- $191,200
- p25
- $141,040
- p75
- $235,420
- p10
- $100,510
- p90
- $321,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -12%
South Dakota
Sales Managers
- Median
- $136,360
- p25
- $89,700
- p75
- $175,350
- p10
- $72,510
- p90
- $219,050
- 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.