State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: South Dakota vs West Virginia
General and Operations Managers in South Dakota earn a median of $137,400. In West Virginia, $82,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 68.2% — not 66.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+66.5%
South Dakota vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+68.2%
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
West Virginia
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $82,500
- p25
- $59,550
- p75
- $125,180
- p10
- $45,500
- p90
- $175,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.