State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs Nevada
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Nevada, $78,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.6% — not 28.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.6%
Illinois vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+28.6%
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
Nevada
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $78,140
- p25
- $76,010
- p75
- $101,260
- p10
- $62,250
- p90
- $102,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.