State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Connecticut vs Illinois
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Connecticut earn a median of $197,970. In Illinois, $151,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.9% — not 30.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.5%
Connecticut vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+25.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $197,970
- p25
- $131,520
- p75
- $282,410
- p10
- $98,380
- p90
- $367,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
Illinois
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $151,730
- p25
- $104,060
- p75
- $202,910
- p10
- $78,420
- p90
- $235,730
- 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.