State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs Montana
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Montana, $70,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.7% — not 43.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.5%
Illinois vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+35.7%
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
Montana
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $70,050
- p25
- $59,860
- p75
- $77,500
- p10
- $55,330
- p90
- $84,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.