State comparison · 2025
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing salary: Rhode Island vs West Virginia
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing in Rhode Island earn a median of $82,420. In West Virginia, $63,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 29.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.7%
Rhode Island vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+13.4%
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
West Virginia
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
- Median
- $63,560
- p25
- $45,810
- p75
- $82,510
- p10
- $36,960
- p90
- $122,190
- 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.