State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs Virginia
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Virginia, $65,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 54.3% — not 52.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.6%
Illinois vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+54.3%
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
Virginia
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $65,870
- p25
- $58,140
- p75
- $78,480
- p10
- $50,000
- p90
- $96,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.