State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Illinois vs New York
Chief Executives in Illinois earn a median of $331,920. In New York, $257,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.8% — not 28.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.7%
Illinois vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+38.8%
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 York
Chief Executives
- Median
- $257,980
- p25
- $178,980
- p75
- $419,730
- p10
- $140,410
- p90
- $657,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
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.