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Cops are already paid extremely well.
by cwhiz 6y ago
Cops are already paid extremely well.
- DangitBobby 6y agoBy what metric? https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/What-Is-the-Average-Police-Officer-Salary-by-State https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/What-Is-the-Average-Po...
- cwhiz 6y agoThose numbers are significantly above median and don't include benefits or overtime.
- DangitBobby 6y agoActually, 0% of them are even at median [1][2]. Here's the first few for comparison: State,PDSalary,Median,Difference Alabama,"42,383.00","49,396.00","-7,013.00" Alaska,"48,418.00","68,400.00","-19,982.00" Arizona,"44,987.00","62,311.00","-17,324.00" Arkansas,"42,668.00","49,778.00","-7,110.00" California,"47,600.00","70,001.00","-22,401.00" Colorado,"45,488.00","72,620.00","-27,132.00" Connecticut,"48,738.00","73,011.00","-24,273.00" Delaware,"45,549.00","65,002.00","-19,453.00" Florida,"40,904.00","54,401.00","-13,497.00" Georgia,"43,399.00","56,000.00","-12,601.00" You can find the rest here: https://pastebin.com/wYcLzt6g https://pastebin.com/wYcLzt6g [1] https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/What-Is-the-Average-Police-Officer-Salary-by-State https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/What-Is-the-Average-Po... [2] https://dqydj.com/average-income-by-state-median-top-percentiles/ https://dqydj.com/average-income-by-state-median-top-percent...
- corrys 6y agoInteresting... It does look like cops's salaries are below average in most states: https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/What-Is-the-Average-Average-Salary-by-State https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/What-Is-the-Average-Av...
- DangitBobby 6y agoBelow median and average in all states, actually. The data here only shows median but I did it for average as well. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23374398 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23374398