State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Kentucky vs Oregon
Chief Executives in Oregon earn a median of $341,630. In Kentucky, $179,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.8% — not 47.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-47.4%
Kentucky vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-39.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Chief Executives
- Median
- $179,530
- p25
- $119,990
- p75
- $298,750
- p10
- $72,800
- p90
- $466,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Oregon
Chief Executives
- Median
- $341,630
- p25
- $217,050
- p75
- $520,980
- p10
- $179,550
- p90
- $772,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.