State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Illinois vs Texas
Chief Executives in Illinois earn a median of $331,920. In Texas, $257,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25% — not 28.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.7%
Illinois vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+25%
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%
Texas
Chief Executives
- Median
- $257,850
- p25
- $172,490
- p75
- $399,880
- p10
- $121,130
- p90
- $558,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -23%
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.