State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Georgia vs Illinois
Chief Executives in Illinois earn a median of $331,920. In Georgia, $208,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.9% — not 37.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.3%
Georgia vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-34.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Chief Executives
- Median
- $208,180
- p25
- $109,290
- p75
- $378,450
- p10
- $57,290
- p90
- $517,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
Illinois
Chief Executives
- Median
- $331,920
- p25
- $186,440
- p75
- $428,710
- p10
- $133,170
- p90
- $589,720
- 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.