State comparison · 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers salary: North Carolina vs Rhode Island
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in Rhode Island earn a median of $81,650. In North Carolina, $69,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.5% — not 14.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.7%
North Carolina vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-7.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Carolina
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- Median
- $69,640
- p25
- $56,790
- p75
- $83,180
- p10
- $45,960
- p90
- $101,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
Rhode Island
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- Median
- $81,650
- p25
- $62,920
- p75
- $103,540
- p10
- $48,080
- p90
- $133,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.