State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: California vs Kentucky
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in California earn a median of $118,880. In Kentucky, $60,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 60.1% — not 96.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+96.5%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+60.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Kentucky
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $60,490
- p25
- $47,940
- p75
- $68,990
- p10
- $38,780
- p90
- $77,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.