State comparison · 2025
Lodging Managers salary: Rhode Island vs South Dakota
Lodging Managers in Rhode Island earn a median of $106,630. In South Dakota, $61,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 49.1% — not 72.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+72.2%
Rhode Island vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+49.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Lodging Managers
- Median
- $106,630
- p25
- $78,110
- p75
- $117,860
- p10
- $66,000
- p90
- $120,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
South Dakota
Lodging Managers
- Median
- $61,920
- p25
- $53,590
- p75
- $74,480
- p10
- $48,690
- p90
- $81,160
- 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.