State comparison · 2025
Computer Network Architects salary: Illinois vs New Jersey
Computer Network Architects in New Jersey earn a median of $162,350. In Illinois, $132,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11% — not 18.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.2%
Illinois vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-11%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Computer Network Architects
- Median
- $132,790
- p25
- $105,410
- p75
- $166,720
- p10
- $81,630
- p90
- $201,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -3%
New Jersey
Computer Network Architects
- Median
- $162,350
- p25
- $129,110
- p75
- $185,710
- p10
- $101,730
- p90
- $213,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -4%
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.