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Whenever public sector salaries are discussed in the news, the outliers are highlighted, never the median or the mean, giving readers a warped sense of what cop
by dougb5 7y ago
Whenever public sector salaries are discussed in the news, the outliers are highlighted, never the median or the mean, giving readers a warped sense of what cops and firefighters make. Sure, some workers put in a lot of overtime hours and make gobs of money, but the typical salaries are not enough to live comfortably in the cities that they serve. For example, Glassdoor says the mean LAPD cop makes $76k --https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/LAPD-Police-Officer-Salaries-E135741_D_KO5,19.htm https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/LAPD-Police-Officer-Salarie... and the mean SFPD cop makes about $100k -- https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/san-francisco-police-officer-salary-SRCH_IL.0,13_IM759_KO14,28.htm https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/san-francisco-police-offi...
- conanbatt 7y agoGlassdoor is less reliable than the actual data the state provides in transparent california. Also Glassdoor doesn't count benefits which are almost half the salary.
- scarface74 7y agoYou can’t use benefits to pay for housing - the topic of the submission.
- conanbatt 7y agoYet you have to have pay the taxes that go to benefits.
- tooltalk 7y agoI believe NYPD cops make similar amounts, but that's without overtime. They often get x 1.5 for OT and they can easiyl double their annual salary to $150k - $189k after 4-5 years in service.