State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs Indiana
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Indiana, $73,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.8% — not 37%.
Nominal pay gap
+37%
Illinois vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+27.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Indiana
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $73,370
- p25
- $60,710
- p75
- $84,820
- p10
- $52,170
- p90
- $100,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.