State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Colorado vs Illinois
Chief Executives in Illinois earn a median of $331,920. In Colorado, $213,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.6% — not 35.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.7%
Colorado vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-37.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Chief Executives
- Median
- $213,370
- p25
- $134,380
- p75
- $302,380
- p10
- $88,400
- p90
- $402,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.