State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Illinois vs Pennsylvania
Chief Executives in Illinois earn a median of $331,920. In Pennsylvania, $232,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.3% — not 42.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.7%
Illinois vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+39.3%
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%
Pennsylvania
Chief Executives
- Median
- $232,560
- p25
- $162,920
- p75
- $397,100
- p10
- $118,810
- p90
- $528,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -27%
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.