State comparison · 2025
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing salary: Rhode Island vs South Dakota
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing in Rhode Island earn a median of $82,420. In South Dakota, $77,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.5% — not 6.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.7%
Rhode Island vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-7.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
- Median
- $82,420
- p25
- $58,950
- p75
- $132,730
- p10
- $44,550
- p90
- $190,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
South Dakota
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
- Median
- $77,210
- p25
- $61,060
- p75
- $95,960
- p10
- $49,070
- p90
- $125,590
- 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.