State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs Tennessee
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Tennessee, $59,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 55.8% — not 69.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+69.6%
Illinois vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+55.8%
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
Tennessee
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $59,280
- p25
- $48,710
- p75
- $75,410
- p10
- $43,520
- p90
- $79,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.