State comparison · 2025
Mathematicians salary: Illinois vs Virginia
Mathematicians in Virginia earn a median of $148,030. In Illinois, $130,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.6% — not 11.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.5%
Illinois vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-10.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Mathematicians
- Median
- $130,970
- p25
- $100,680
- p75
- $130,970
- p10
- $49,190
- p90
- $170,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +67%
Virginia
Mathematicians
- Median
- $148,030
- p25
- $120,990
- p75
- $175,610
- p10
- $92,520
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.