State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Illinois vs Virginia
Chief Executives in Illinois earn a median of $331,920. In Virginia, $310,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 6.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.8%
Illinois vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+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%
Virginia
Chief Executives
- Median
- $310,740
- p25
- $193,700
- p75
- $434,580
- p10
- $130,000
- p90
- $604,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -70%
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.