State comparison · 2025
Lodging Managers salary: New Jersey vs South Dakota
Lodging Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $107,720. In South Dakota, $61,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.7% — not 74%.
Nominal pay gap
+74%
New Jersey vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+41.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Lodging Managers
- Median
- $107,720
- p25
- $75,680
- p75
- $120,860
- p10
- $50,380
- p90
- $146,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
South Dakota
Lodging Managers
- Median
- $61,920
- p25
- $53,590
- p75
- $74,480
- p10
- $48,690
- p90
- $81,160
- 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.