State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in California earn a median of $118,880. In Massachusetts, $78,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.9% — not 50.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+50.6%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+43.9%
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
Massachusetts
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $78,940
- p25
- $71,970
- p75
- $97,390
- p10
- $61,160
- p90
- $108,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.