State comparison · 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers salary: Rhode Island vs South Carolina
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in Rhode Island earn a median of $81,650. In South Carolina, $77,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.5% — not 5.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.4%
Rhode Island vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-3.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
South Carolina
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- Median
- $77,500
- p25
- $62,040
- p75
- $92,070
- p10
- $49,720
- p90
- $103,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.