State comparison · 2025
Tax Examiners and Collectors salary: Illinois vs New Jersey
Tax Examiners and Collectors in New Jersey earn a median of $96,420. In Illinois, $80,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.9% — not 16.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.3%
Illinois vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-8.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Tax Examiners and Collectors
- Median
- $80,720
- p25
- $62,390
- p75
- $102,360
- p10
- $55,190
- p90
- $121,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
New Jersey
Tax Examiners and Collectors
- Median
- $96,420
- p25
- $73,350
- p75
- $121,880
- p10
- $56,820
- p90
- $144,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.