State comparison · 2025
Sales Managers salary: Illinois vs Texas
Sales Managers in Illinois earn a median of $155,280. In Texas, $136,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.8% — not 14.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.2%
Illinois vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+10.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Sales Managers
- Median
- $155,280
- p25
- $108,420
- p75
- $208,670
- p10
- $78,760
- p90
- $282,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
Texas
Sales Managers
- Median
- $136,020
- p25
- $96,450
- p75
- $193,630
- p10
- $68,750
- p90
- $268,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -68%
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.