State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: New Jersey vs South Carolina
General and Operations Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $173,690. In South Carolina, $106,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41% — not 63.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+63.7%
New Jersey vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+41%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $173,690
- p25
- $111,580
- p75
- $284,250
- p10
- $77,350
- p90
- $372,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
South Carolina
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $106,080
- p25
- $75,480
- p75
- $158,250
- p10
- $56,520
- p90
- $219,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +60%
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.