State comparison · 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers salary: Rhode Island vs West Virginia
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in Rhode Island earn a median of $81,650. In West Virginia, $68,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.5% — not 18.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.4%
Rhode Island vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+3.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- Median
- $81,650
- p25
- $62,920
- p75
- $103,540
- p10
- $48,080
- p90
- $133,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
West Virginia
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- Median
- $68,990
- p25
- $54,450
- p75
- $90,180
- p10
- $45,970
- p90
- $118,510
- 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.