State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs Mississippi
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Mississippi, $46,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 89.5% — not 117.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+117.9%
Illinois vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+89.5%
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
Mississippi
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $46,140
- p25
- $37,270
- p75
- $54,450
- p10
- $33,230
- p90
- $61,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.