State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs Illinois
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Illinois, $113,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.5% — not 41.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.1%
California vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+27.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Education Administrators
- Median
- $159,950
- p25
- $130,110
- p75
- $169,350
- p10
- $103,250
- p90
- $202,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
Illinois
Education Administrators
- Median
- $113,360
- p25
- $96,130
- p75
- $137,200
- p10
- $78,070
- p90
- $169,400
- 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.