State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Florida vs Illinois
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Florida, $74,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.4% — not 25.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.9%
Florida vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-28.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $74,470
- p25
- $60,520
- p75
- $93,460
- p10
- $51,330
- p90
- $98,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.