State comparison · 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers salary: Rhode Island vs West Virginia
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Rhode Island earn a median of $58,570. In West Virginia, $39,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.9% — not 47.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.4%
Rhode Island vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+28.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
- Median
- $58,570
- p25
- $46,250
- p75
- $74,380
- p10
- $36,950
- p90
- $84,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
West Virginia
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
- Median
- $39,740
- p25
- $32,750
- p75
- $53,900
- p10
- $27,870
- p90
- $66,210
- 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.