State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs Maryland
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Maryland, $77,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.4% — not 28.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.9%
Illinois vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+35.4%
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
Maryland
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $77,970
- p25
- $66,300
- p75
- $95,990
- p10
- $58,580
- p90
- $113,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.