State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs Oklahoma
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Oklahoma, $59,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47.8% — not 68.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+68.4%
Illinois vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+47.8%
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
Oklahoma
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $59,700
- p25
- $45,250
- p75
- $78,580
- p10
- $36,480
- p90
- $94,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.