State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Nebraska vs Washington
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Washington earn a median of $102,080. In Nebraska, $74,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.2% — not 26.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.9%
Nebraska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-13.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $74,620
- p25
- $63,170
- p75
- $93,480
- p10
- $54,680
- p90
- $95,210
- 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.