State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Indiana vs Washington
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Washington earn a median of $102,080. In Indiana, $73,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.6% — not 28.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.1%
Indiana vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-17.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $73,370
- p25
- $60,710
- p75
- $84,820
- p10
- $52,170
- p90
- $100,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
Washington
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $102,080
- p25
- $92,930
- p75
- $118,480
- p10
- $79,120
- p90
- $132,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.