State comparison · 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers salary: Rhode Island vs South Dakota
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in Rhode Island earn a median of $81,650. In South Dakota, $73,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.2% — not 11.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.8%
Rhode Island vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-3.2%
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 Dakota
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- Median
- $73,040
- p25
- $62,220
- p75
- $82,010
- p10
- $55,120
- p90
- $94,760
- 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.