State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Alabama vs Illinois
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Alabama, $51,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.6% — not 49%.
Nominal pay gap
-49%
Alabama vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-42.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $51,270
- p25
- $44,260
- p75
- $63,090
- p10
- $37,480
- p90
- $77,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Illinois
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $100,520
- p25
- $76,480
- p75
- $107,810
- p10
- $58,420
- p90
- $119,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.