State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: New Hampshire vs South Dakota
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In New Hampshire, $124,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.8% — not 9.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-9.3%
New Hampshire vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-22.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Hampshire
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $124,680
- p25
- $79,830
- p75
- $175,660
- p10
- $61,100
- p90
- $264,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.