State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Illinois vs Kentucky
Chief Executives in Illinois earn a median of $331,920. In Kentucky, $179,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 66.8% — not 84.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+84.9%
Illinois vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+66.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Kentucky
Chief Executives
- Median
- $179,530
- p25
- $119,990
- p75
- $298,750
- p10
- $72,800
- p90
- $466,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- 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.