State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Illinois vs Wyoming
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Illinois earn a median of $100,520. In Wyoming, $66,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.9% — not 52%.
Nominal pay gap
+52%
Illinois vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+40.9%
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
Wyoming
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $66,140
- p25
- $59,640
- p75
- $73,650
- p10
- $57,130
- p90
- $76,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.