State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Minnesota vs South Dakota
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In Minnesota, $99,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35% — not 27.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.7%
Minnesota vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-35%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $99,340
- p25
- $64,650
- p75
- $150,530
- p10
- $46,960
- p90
- $209,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -14%
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.