State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Arkansas vs California
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in California earn a median of $118,880. In Arkansas, $47,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.9% — not 59.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-59.9%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-48.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $47,670
- p25
- $40,100
- p75
- $56,720
- p10
- $35,210
- p90
- $70,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.