State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs Missouri
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Missouri, $59,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 53.5% — not 69.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+69.1%
Illinois vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+53.5%
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
Missouri
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $59,460
- p25
- $46,760
- p75
- $75,930
- p10
- $43,210
- p90
- $90,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.