State comparison · 2025
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators salary: Illinois vs Kansas
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators in Illinois earn a median of $162,410. In Kansas, $64,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 125.2% — not 150%.
Nominal pay gap
+150%
Illinois vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+125.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
- Median
- $162,410
- p25
- $83,990
- p75
- $163,190
- p10
- $76,190
- p90
- $163,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
Kansas
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
- Median
- $64,970
- p25
- $48,730
- p75
- $76,400
- p10
- $44,410
- p90
- $76,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.