State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Arizona vs California
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in California earn a median of $118,880. In Arizona, $78,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.1% — not 33.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.6%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-27.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $78,880
- p25
- $68,550
- p75
- $96,800
- p10
- $60,990
- p90
- $98,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
California
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $118,880
- p25
- $97,280
- p75
- $126,780
- p10
- $76,300
- p90
- $153,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.