State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: California vs Minnesota
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in California earn a median of $118,880. In Minnesota, $83,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27% — not 42.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.6%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+27%
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
Minnesota
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $83,360
- p25
- $75,750
- p75
- $98,430
- p10
- $60,670
- p90
- $106,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.