State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs Maine
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Maine, $67,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.6% — not 49.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.9%
Illinois vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+45.6%
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
Maine
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $67,050
- p25
- $61,230
- p75
- $76,550
- p10
- $55,930
- p90
- $91,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.