State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: Connecticut vs Illinois
Education Administrators in Connecticut earn a median of $156,240. In Illinois, $113,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33% — not 37.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.8%
Connecticut vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+33%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Education Administrators
- Median
- $156,240
- p25
- $124,030
- p75
- $171,910
- p10
- $86,840
- p90
- $194,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
Illinois
Education Administrators
- Median
- $113,360
- p25
- $96,130
- p75
- $137,200
- p10
- $78,070
- p90
- $169,400
- 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.