State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Illinois vs Wisconsin
Chief Executives in Illinois earn a median of $331,920. In Wisconsin, $208,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 49.9% — not 59.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.3%
Illinois vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+49.9%
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%
Wisconsin
Chief Executives
- Median
- $208,350
- p25
- $152,760
- p75
- $318,910
- p10
- $103,560
- p90
- $426,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.