State comparison · 2025
Sales Representatives, Services salary: Rhode Island vs South Dakota
Sales Representatives, Services in Rhode Island earn a median of $81,450. In South Dakota, $61,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.2% — not 31.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.9%
Rhode Island vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+14.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Sales Representatives, Services
- Median
- $81,450
- p25
- $55,130
- p75
- $103,370
- p10
- $43,680
- p90
- $132,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
South Dakota
Sales Representatives, Services
- Median
- $61,770
- p25
- $39,600
- p75
- $78,380
- p10
- $37,790
- p90
- $99,490
- 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.