State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Illinois vs Rhode Island
Chief Executives in Illinois earn a median of $331,920. In Rhode Island, $235,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.3% — not 41%.
Nominal pay gap
+41%
Illinois vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+44.3%
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%
Rhode Island
Chief Executives
- Median
- $235,360
- p25
- $181,270
- p75
- $414,180
- p10
- $113,970
- p90
- $561,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.