State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: California vs Tennessee
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in California earn a median of $118,880. In Tennessee, $59,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 66.5% — not 100.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+100.5%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+66.5%
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
Tennessee
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $59,280
- p25
- $48,710
- p75
- $75,410
- p10
- $43,520
- p90
- $79,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.