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Computer Systems Analysts pay in Illinois and Rhode Island
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Computer Systems Analysts is $101,570 per year in Illinois. It is $134,630 per year in Rhode Island. Illinois is 24.6% below Rhode Island on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 15-1211 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 20,610 wage and salary jobs in Illinois and 1,850 in Rhode Island. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings