State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs Utah
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Utah, $77,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.6% — not 30%.
Nominal pay gap
+30%
Illinois vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+28.6%
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
Utah
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $77,310
- p25
- $64,520
- p75
- $94,150
- p10
- $60,290
- p90
- $99,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.