State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in California earn a median of $118,880. In Pennsylvania, $85,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.6% — not 39.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.1%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+22.6%
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
Pennsylvania
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $85,470
- p25
- $63,080
- p75
- $96,970
- p10
- $48,680
- p90
- $109,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.