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In the suburban county where I live 94% of police officers made more than $100k in 2010. The average police officer made $132k. There were 2,499 officers.
by forgotAgain 15y ago
In the suburban county where I live 94% of police officers made more than $100k in 2010. The average police officer made $132k. There were 2,499 officers.
- vannevar 15y agoYou will probably not be surprised to learn that your community is atypical, to say the least. The national average is more like $50K, and there are many places where the officers are paid way below the average.
- forgotAgain 15y agoYou will probably not be surprised to learn that your community is atypical, to say the least. Of course it's atypical. It's also an example of spiraling civil service salaries.
- vannevar 15y agoNo, it's an example of high civil service salaries. Maybe they've always been higher than average in your rather wealthy community.
- jbooth 15y agoNo, it's not, because those aren't salaries, they're detail pay. If you're gonna be outraged about something, the least you could do is spend 10 minutes at city hall learning about it.
- forgotAgain 15y agoThe base salary for a police officer in this area with five years experience is $108,000. That does not include additional benefit costs such as pension (after 20 years) and complete health care coverage. Throw in higher ranking officers and overtime and you get the figure mentioned previously.