State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs Kansas
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Kansas, $59,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 52.9% — not 69.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+69.7%
Illinois vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+52.9%
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
Kansas
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $59,230
- p25
- $48,670
- p75
- $71,950
- p10
- $42,040
- p90
- $90,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.