State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Oklahoma vs Washington
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Washington earn a median of $102,080. In Oklahoma, $59,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.7% — not 41.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.5%
Oklahoma vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-28.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oklahoma
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $59,700
- p25
- $45,250
- p75
- $78,580
- p10
- $36,480
- p90
- $94,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.