State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Illinois vs North Carolina
Chief Executives in Illinois earn a median of $331,920. In North Carolina, $314,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.4% — not 5.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.6%
Illinois vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-0.4%
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%
North Carolina
Chief Executives
- Median
- $314,290
- p25
- $182,980
- p75
- $442,080
- p10
- $114,210
- p90
- $624,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.