State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Kansas vs Washington
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Washington earn a median of $102,080. In Kansas, $59,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.1% — not 42%.
Nominal pay gap
-42%
Kansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-31.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $59,230
- p25
- $48,670
- p75
- $71,950
- p10
- $42,040
- p90
- $90,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.