State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs Rhode Island
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Rhode Island, $77,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.2% — not 30.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.2%
Illinois vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+33.2%
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
Rhode Island
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $77,230
- p25
- $69,370
- p75
- $91,620
- p10
- $59,020
- p90
- $91,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.