State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Delaware vs Illinois
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Delaware, $92,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.3% — not 7.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.5%
Delaware vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-7.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $92,970
- p25
- $75,550
- p75
- $102,530
- p10
- $62,470
- p90
- $130,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.