State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs Wisconsin
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
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
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.