State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs South Carolina
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In South Carolina, $58,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 62.2% — not 73.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+73.1%
Illinois vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+62.2%
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
South Carolina
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $58,070
- p25
- $48,570
- p75
- $68,190
- p10
- $45,060
- p90
- $78,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.