State comparison · 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers salary: Rhode Island vs South Dakota
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers in Rhode Island earn a median of $72,750. In South Dakota, $64,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.7% — not 12.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+12.3%
Rhode Island vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-2.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers
- Median
- $72,750
- p25
- $57,910
- p75
- $85,190
- p10
- $49,620
- p90
- $100,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
South Dakota
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers
- Median
- $64,780
- p25
- $52,250
- p75
- $75,800
- p10
- $44,010
- p90
- $82,080
- 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.