State comparison · 2025
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing salary: Mississippi vs Rhode Island
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing in Rhode Island earn a median of $82,420. In Mississippi, $59,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.4% — not 28%.
Nominal pay gap
-28%
Mississippi vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-15.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
- Median
- $59,320
- p25
- $41,750
- p75
- $80,560
- p10
- $30,930
- p90
- $110,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.