State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Illinois vs Vermont
Chief Executives in Illinois earn a median of $331,920. In Vermont, $175,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 85.8% — not 89.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+89.6%
Illinois vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+85.8%
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%
Vermont
Chief Executives
- Median
- $175,070
- p25
- $138,160
- p75
- $303,920
- p10
- $108,300
- p90
- $428,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.