State comparison · 2025
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing salary: Rhode Island vs South Carolina
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing in Rhode Island earn a median of $82,420. In South Carolina, $64,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.5% — not 28.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.3%
Rhode Island vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+17.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
- Median
- $82,420
- p25
- $58,950
- p75
- $132,730
- p10
- $44,550
- p90
- $190,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
South Carolina
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
- Median
- $64,250
- p25
- $48,220
- p75
- $100,470
- p10
- $36,250
- p90
- $142,370
- 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.