State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs Kentucky
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
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
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.