State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Georgia vs Illinois
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Georgia, $58,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40% — not 42.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.2%
Georgia vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-40%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $58,120
- p25
- $48,290
- p75
- $63,270
- p10
- $43,690
- p90
- $76,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
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.