LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN NEVADA
YEAR: 2004
JOB CLASS: Police Protection - Officers
ON AVERAGE, NEVADA'S LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLICE ARE PAID 4th HIGHEST OF 50 STATES

Rank State
Avg March '04 Pay
1 CALIFORNIA
$6,717.71
2 NEW JERSEY
6,026.47
3 NEW YORK
5,705.41
4 NEVADA
5 ALASKA
5,461.50
6 WASHINGTON
5,456.16
7 WASHINGTON D C
5,332.29
8 CONNECTICUT
5,201.96
9 MASSACHUSETTS
5,178.06
10 COLORADO
4,913.82
11 MARYLAND
4,821.09
12 MINNESOTA
4,792.81
13 OREGON
4,790.83
14 HAWAII
4,742.83
15 MICHIGAN
4,728.02
16 DELAWARE
4,681.61
17 FLORIDA
4,609.63
18 RHODE ISLAND
4,587.67
19 US LOCAL TOTAL
4,583.60
20 ARIZONA
4,527.18
21 PENNSYLVANIA
4,421.05
22 NEW HAMPSHIRE
4,258.79
23 OHIO
4,193.66
24 WISCONSIN
4,133.99
25 ILLINOIS
4,095.50
26 VIRGINIA
4,009.08
27 TEXAS
3,976.50
28 NEBRASKA
3,940.87
29 IOWA
3,853.00
30 UTAH
3,757.26
31 KANSAS
3,693.84
32 MAINE
3,688.92
33 VERMONT
3,636.51
34 IDAHO
3,601.04
35 INDIANA
3,589.48
36 WYOMING
3,586.82
37 NEW MEXICO
3,554.07
38 MONTANA
3,525.27
39 MISSOURI
3,448.15
40 KENTUCKY
3,446.84
41 SOUTH DAKOTA
3,378.15
42 NORTH DAKOTA
3,311.69
43 OKLAHOMA
3,233.00
44 GEORGIA
3,218.77
45 NORTH CAROLINA
3,205.55
46 ALABAMA
3,178.09
47 SOUTH CAROLINA
3,004.85
48 TENNESSEE
3,001.91
49 ARKANSAS
2,826.05
50 LOUISIANA
2,779.53
51 WEST VIRGINIA
2,693.31
52 MISSISSIPPI
2,647.05
Source: US Census Bureau

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