State comparison · 2025
Telemarketers salary: Rhode Island vs South Carolina
Telemarketers in Rhode Island earn a median of $155,970. In South Carolina, $103,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.4% — not 51.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+51.1%
Rhode Island vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+38.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Telemarketers
- Median
- $155,970
- p25
- $124,840
- p75
- $175,780
- p10
- $99,160
- p90
- $249,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
South Carolina
Telemarketers
- Median
- $103,240
- p25
- $80,340
- p75
- $140,280
- p10
- $65,600
- p90
- $194,580
- 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.