State comparison · 2025
Financial Examiners salary: Connecticut vs Illinois
Financial Examiners in Connecticut earn a median of $120,530. In Illinois, $93,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.9% — not 29.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.4%
Connecticut vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+24.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Financial Examiners
- Median
- $120,530
- p25
- $90,130
- p75
- $139,920
- p10
- $61,660
- p90
- $210,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
Illinois
Financial Examiners
- Median
- $93,150
- p25
- $77,930
- p75
- $127,090
- p10
- $59,800
- p90
- $167,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.