State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Alaska vs Illinois
Chief Executives in Illinois earn a median of $331,920. In Alaska, $166,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 51% — not 49.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-49.8%
Alaska vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-51%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Chief Executives
- Median
- $166,710
- p25
- $121,990
- p75
- $262,750
- p10
- $75,870
- p90
- $428,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.