State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Idaho vs Illinois
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Idaho, $66,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.2% — not 33.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.4%
Idaho vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-30.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $66,990
- p25
- $58,090
- p75
- $83,560
- p10
- $48,840
- p90
- $97,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.