State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs Nebraska
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
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
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.