State comparison · 2025
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing salary: Rhode Island vs Virginia
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing in Rhode Island earn a median of $82,420. In Virginia, $63,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.5% — not 30%.
Nominal pay gap
+30%
Rhode Island vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+28.5%
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
Virginia
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
- Median
- $63,400
- p25
- $48,960
- p75
- $94,310
- p10
- $37,800
- p90
- $148,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.