State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Rhode Island vs South Dakota
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In Rhode Island, $117,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26% — not 14.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.6%
Rhode Island vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-26%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $117,380
- p25
- $85,700
- p75
- $171,220
- p10
- $64,990
- p90
- $243,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
South Dakota
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $137,400
- p25
- $105,210
- p75
- $185,100
- p10
- $85,990
- p90
- $232,000
- 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.