State comparison · 2025
Market Research Analysts salary: Delaware vs Illinois
Market Research Analysts in Delaware earn a median of $101,270. In Illinois, $79,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.3% — not 28%.
Nominal pay gap
+28%
Delaware vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+28.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Market Research Analysts
- Median
- $101,270
- p25
- $78,040
- p75
- $135,880
- p10
- $51,480
- p90
- $165,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
Illinois
Market Research Analysts
- Median
- $79,120
- p25
- $60,210
- p75
- $104,800
- p10
- $46,970
- p90
- $139,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -74%
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.