State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Arkansas vs Illinois
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Arkansas, $47,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.4% — not 52.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-52.6%
Arkansas vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-45.4%
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
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.