State comparison · 2025
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists salary: Colorado vs Illinois
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Colorado earn a median of $92,560. In Illinois, $79,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.2% — not 16.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.7%
Colorado vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+13.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $92,560
- p25
- $76,800
- p75
- $120,330
- p10
- $62,280
- p90
- $152,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
Illinois
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $79,300
- p25
- $62,780
- p75
- $101,180
- p10
- $55,190
- p90
- $128,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.