State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Colorado vs Illinois
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Colorado, $97,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.1% — not 3.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-3.2%
Colorado vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-6.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $97,350
- p25
- $76,640
- p75
- $102,620
- p10
- $65,340
- p90
- $109,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
Illinois
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $100,520
- p25
- $76,480
- p75
- $107,810
- p10
- $58,420
- p90
- $119,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.