State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs North Carolina
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In North Carolina, $59,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 59.8% — not 69.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+69.5%
Illinois vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+59.8%
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
North Carolina
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $59,300
- p25
- $49,460
- p75
- $72,700
- p10
- $46,040
- p90
- $80,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.