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State comparison · 2025

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs Kentucky

Occupation

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Kentucky, $60,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 49.9% — not 66.2%.

Nominal pay gap
+66.2%
Illinois vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+49.9%
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
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Kentucky

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

Median
$60,490
p25
$47,940
p75
$68,990
p10
$38,780
p90
$77,970
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
90.2
See full breakdown for Kentucky

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.