State comparison · 2025
Sales Managers salary: Illinois vs Virginia
Sales Managers in Virginia earn a median of $191,130. In Illinois, $155,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.9% — not 18.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.8%
Illinois vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-17.9%
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%
Virginia
Sales Managers
- Median
- $191,130
- p25
- $134,490
- p75
- $236,690
- p10
- $94,710
- p90
- $302,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.