The annual salary statistics of police and sheriff's patrol officers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of police and sheriff's patrol officers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $48,580 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $70,100 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $84,600 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $94,480 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $100,420 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for police and sheriff's patrol officers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $100,420. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $84,600. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $48,580.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of police and sheriff's patrol officers from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $84,600 | 5.14% | 9.67% |
| 2016 | $80,250 | 3.69% | - |
| 2015 | $77,290 | 2.21% | - |
| 2014 | $75,580 | -3.23% | - |
| 2013 | $78,020 | 2.05% | - |
| 2012 | $76,420 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $84,600, Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is the second highest paying city for police and sheriff's patrol officers in state of Illinois, following the highest paying city Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) (median annual salary of $86,130). Compared with Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), the median annual salary of police and sheriff's patrol officers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is 1.8 percent (1.8%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) | |
| Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) | |
| Decatur | |
| Springfield | |
| Rockford | |
| Bloomington | |
| Peoria | |
| Champaign-Urbana | |
| Danville | |
| Bloomington-Normal | |
| Carbondale-Marion | |
| Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| Kankakee-Bradley | |
| South Illinois nonmetropolitan area |