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State comparison · 2025

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs Nebraska

Occupation

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Nebraska, $74,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.4% — not 34.7%.

Nominal pay gap
+34.7%
Illinois vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+21.4%
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
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Nebraska

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

Median
$74,620
p25
$63,170
p75
$93,480
p10
$54,680
p90
$95,210
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
90.1
See full breakdown for Nebraska

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.