State comparison · 2025
Sales Managers salary: New York vs South Dakota
Sales Managers in New York earn a median of $217,640. In South Dakota, $136,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.1% — not 59.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.6%
New York vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+31.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Sales Managers
- Median
- $217,640
- p25
- $163,090
- p75
- $316,030
- p10
- $107,670
- p90
- $378,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
South Dakota
Sales Managers
- Median
- $136,360
- p25
- $89,700
- p75
- $175,350
- p10
- $72,510
- p90
- $219,050
- 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.