State comparison · 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Washington earn a median of $102,080. In Rhode Island, $77,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.9% — not 24.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.3%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-20.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Median
- $77,230
- p25
- $69,370
- p75
- $91,620
- p10
- $59,020
- p90
- $91,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.