State comparison · 2025
Choreographers salary: Illinois vs New York
Choreographers in New York earn a median of $173,100. In Illinois, $34,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 78.5% — not 80%.
Nominal pay gap
-80%
Illinois vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-78.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Choreographers
- Median
- $34,560
- p25
- $31,200
- p75
- $35,890
- p10
- $31,200
- p90
- $35,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
New York
Choreographers
- Median
- $173,100
- p25
- $75,310
- p75
- $216,750
- p10
- $48,470
- p90
- $333,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
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.