State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Arkansas vs Illinois
Chief Executives in Illinois earn a median of $331,920. In Arkansas, $119,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 58.4% — not 63.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-63.8%
Arkansas vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-58.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Chief Executives
- Median
- $119,990
- p25
- $72,580
- p75
- $196,800
- p10
- $49,830
- p90
- $330,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.