State comparison · 2025
Computer Occupations, All Other salary: Colorado vs Illinois
Computer Occupations, All Other in Colorado earn a median of $139,580. In Illinois, $99,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.3% — not 40.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.5%
Colorado vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+36.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Computer Occupations, All Other
- Median
- $139,580
- p25
- $100,150
- p75
- $160,520
- p10
- $76,140
- p90
- $170,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
Illinois
Computer Occupations, All Other
- Median
- $99,360
- p25
- $65,040
- p75
- $133,070
- p10
- $53,590
- p90
- $167,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.