State comparison · 2025
Network and Computer Systems Administrators salary: Illinois vs New Jersey
Network and Computer Systems Administrators in New Jersey earn a median of $116,420. In Illinois, $100,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.5% — not 14%.
Nominal pay gap
-14%
Illinois vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-6.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Network and Computer Systems Administrators
- Median
- $100,080
- p25
- $79,520
- p75
- $128,790
- p10
- $65,650
- p90
- $157,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -44%
New Jersey
Network and Computer Systems Administrators
- Median
- $116,420
- p25
- $90,440
- p75
- $137,990
- p10
- $73,990
- p90
- $166,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
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.