State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: New York vs South Dakota
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In New York, $130,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.8% — not 4.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.8%
New York vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-21.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $130,860
- p25
- $85,770
- p75
- $209,110
- p10
- $62,340
- p90
- $336,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -21%
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.