State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Washington earn a median of $102,080. In Kentucky, $60,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.7% — not 40.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.7%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-29.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $60,490
- p25
- $47,940
- p75
- $68,990
- p10
- $38,780
- p90
- $77,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.