$44-$48,000 they decide what they pay you when you start depending on their fiscal budget that year and how many their hiring and your experience counts a little bit, a 4 year honorably discharged vet isnt much experience to them to influence pay increases but 44-48 is most likely starting pay, they have 6.5% pay increase for associates degree and higher for bachelors etc- great benefits private pension tuition assistance programs- heard its a great career and great stepping stone for other organizations if you get hired and choose to go elsewhere
Taxes
Fayettville City pays about 34K to start
the pay for a police officer depends on the department that you are working for. usually the bigger the city the more the pay. Or the more crime that city has the more police officers are needed so to get officers to want to work there, the pay will be greater
Yes. They pay income taxes and property taxes and sales taxes.
In the US, there is no 'standard' starting pay for police officers. All police officers are government employees and their pay fluctuates with the area of the country, the cost of living there, and the prevailing wages being paid in those areas.
Starting pay is $41,975 and top pay after 6 1/2 years is $76,488. That does not include longevity pay or any other compensation like overtime or uniform allowance. New York City police officers are among the lowest paid big city police in America and that just isn't right!
Starting pay for a California police officer can range from $70000 all the way to $90000. Pay depends on county and city.
you could pay your bills and taxes and respect police officers
These are comparable professions with comparable rates of pay.
48,000 starting 101,000 topped out
Police officers are not paid a salary "per hour" their pay is based on per year. The latest graph for Worcester is dated July 2010 and shows the basic starting salary as $36,154.00 per year.
The IPS officers pay scales, according to the Sixth Central Pay Commission, is spelled out in the Related Link below.