State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: California vs Nebraska
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in California earn a median of $118,880. In Nebraska, $74,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.7% — not 59.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.3%
California vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+29.7%
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
Nebraska
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $74,620
- p25
- $63,170
- p75
- $93,480
- p10
- $54,680
- p90
- $95,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.