State comparison · 2025
Dietitians and Nutritionists salary: Rhode Island vs West Virginia
Dietitians and Nutritionists in West Virginia earn a median of $89,440. In Rhode Island, $71,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.3% — not 20.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.3%
Rhode Island vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-30.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Dietitians and Nutritionists
- Median
- $71,300
- p25
- $64,600
- p75
- $86,680
- p10
- $51,060
- p90
- $100,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
West Virginia
Dietitians and Nutritionists
- Median
- $89,440
- p25
- $71,270
- p75
- $92,390
- p10
- $55,350
- p90
- $103,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.