State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Illinois vs New Jersey
Chief Executives in Illinois earn a median of $331,920. In New Jersey, $310,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.3% — not 6.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.9%
Illinois vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+16.3%
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%
New Jersey
Chief Executives
- Median
- $310,440
- p25
- $207,160
- p75
- $448,910
- p10
- $173,560
- p90
- $666,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- 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.