State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs Massachusetts
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Massachusetts, $78,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.7% — not 27.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.3%
Illinois vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+34.7%
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
Massachusetts
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $78,940
- p25
- $71,970
- p75
- $97,390
- p10
- $61,160
- p90
- $108,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.