State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: New Jersey vs South Dakota
General and Operations Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $173,690. In South Dakota, $137,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.9% — not 26.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.4%
New Jersey vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+2.9%
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 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.