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State comparison · 2025

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Alabama vs Illinois

Occupation

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
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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
See full breakdown for Illinois

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.