State comparison · 2025
Sales Managers salary: South Dakota vs Virginia
Sales Managers in Virginia earn a median of $191,130. In South Dakota, $136,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.6% — not 28.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.7%
South Dakota vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-18.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Dakota
Sales Managers
- Median
- $136,360
- p25
- $89,700
- p75
- $175,350
- p10
- $72,510
- p90
- $219,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
Virginia
Sales Managers
- Median
- $191,130
- p25
- $134,490
- p75
- $236,690
- p10
- $94,710
- p90
- $302,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.