State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs North Dakota
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In North Dakota, $74,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.1% — not 34.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.9%
Illinois vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+20.1%
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 Dakota
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $74,500
- p25
- $62,670
- p75
- $78,050
- p10
- $58,620
- p90
- $91,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.