State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: California vs Rhode Island
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in California earn a median of $118,880. In Rhode Island, $77,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.2% — not 53.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+53.9%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+42.2%
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
Rhode Island
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $77,230
- p25
- $69,370
- p75
- $91,620
- p10
- $59,020
- p90
- $91,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.