State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Illinois vs Michigan
Chief Executives in Illinois earn a median of $331,920. In Michigan, $255,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.9% — not 29.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.9%
Illinois vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+24.9%
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%
Michigan
Chief Executives
- Median
- $255,560
- p25
- $160,010
- p75
- $405,120
- p10
- $104,010
- p90
- $547,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.