State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Pennsylvania vs South Dakota
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In Pennsylvania, $103,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.9% — not 24.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.9%
Pennsylvania vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-31.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $103,130
- p25
- $72,580
- p75
- $158,800
- p10
- $49,990
- p90
- $220,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.