State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: South Dakota vs Virginia
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In Virginia, $122,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.4% — not 12.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+12.5%
South Dakota vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+28.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Dakota
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $137,400
- p25
- $105,210
- p75
- $185,100
- p10
- $85,990
- p90
- $232,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
Virginia
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $122,080
- p25
- $78,240
- p75
- $178,490
- p10
- $56,400
- p90
- $261,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +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.