State comparison · 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers salary: Montana vs Rhode Island
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in Rhode Island earn a median of $81,650. In Montana, $68,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.9% — not 15.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.8%
Montana vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-8.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- Median
- $68,760
- p25
- $54,080
- p75
- $88,820
- p10
- $45,820
- p90
- $108,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
Rhode Island
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- Median
- $81,650
- p25
- $62,920
- p75
- $103,540
- p10
- $48,080
- p90
- $133,180
- 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.