Originally Posted by
Chimpy
Brother in law is a Trooper, my two very close friends are Troopers. The base salary you listed in 100% correct but you aren't including overtime. They can basically work as much overtime as they want. It'd be like us being able to pick up as many day trips as we want on our days off paid at 150%
State troopers absolutely make that much
You may be correct about NJ and NY but I would be leery of believing that the average guy working the road is making $180,000 as reported from that source. My Uncle is a Sergeant, and my dad was a Captain with the state patrol and I don't doubt that a few guys were making into the 100s. Jobs like governer's security, which my uncle was part of, have a higher pay mostly due to high overtime use, might make 120 on a good year. There are also limits back home on how much overtime is approved for the road guys. Breaking 100 would be a big deal for most. I would not say 180k is the norm. Back to the subject at hand.
Anybody else enjoying Bendo starting to get frustrated and nervous about "the facts" from the two last podcasts.