State comparison · 2025
Managers, All Other salary: California vs Illinois
Managers, All Other in California earn a median of $174,560. In Illinois, $140,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.4% — not 24.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.5%
California vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+12.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $174,560
- p25
- $132,000
- p75
- $221,560
- p10
- $98,280
- p90
- $303,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -28%
Illinois
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $140,240
- p25
- $107,690
- p75
- $180,860
- p10
- $82,230
- p90
- $235,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.