06-05-2008, 02:31 AM
Quote:Although I am for high salaries for the groups you mentioned......that is a lot of money. Is that before of after tax?
You say could earn; do you also know what an average salary would be for eg a police officer?
Salaries for most starting police officers begin around 35k in most decent size municipalities (before taxes). Special duty and court time adds some money onto that amount depending on how intelligently the officer schedules their court dates. Overtime for the profession is the norm but most cities have in place a system where an officers overtime for each year is accumulated in some way and can be cashed out at the end of the year, it is generally not added to each check.
After 5 to 10 years on the force it is possible to have a salary upwards of around 75k and with accrued overtime cashouts as well as special duty and court time it is within reason to see over 100k for the job.