State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs Iowa
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Iowa, $74,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.5% — not 35%.
Nominal pay gap
+35%
Illinois vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+18.5%
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
Iowa
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $74,470
- p25
- $63,810
- p75
- $86,160
- p10
- $59,360
- p90
- $101,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.