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State comparison · 2025

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs Wisconsin

Occupation

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Wisconsin, $78,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.1% — not 28.7%.

Nominal pay gap
+28.7%
Illinois vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+21.1%
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
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Wisconsin

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

Median
$78,090
p25
$67,450
p75
$84,850
p10
$58,530
p90
$94,450
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
94.1
See full breakdown for Wisconsin

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.