State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Alabama vs Illinois
Chief Executives in Illinois earn a median of $331,920. In Alabama, $166,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.5% — not 49.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-49.9%
Alabama vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-43.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Chief Executives
- Median
- $166,420
- p25
- $134,650
- p75
- $222,490
- p10
- $101,670
- p90
- $317,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Illinois
Chief Executives
- Median
- $331,920
- p25
- $186,440
- p75
- $428,710
- p10
- $133,170
- p90
- $589,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.