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STATE GOVERNMENTS
YEAR: 2004
JOB CLASS: Police Protection - Officers
ON AVERAGE, NEVADA'S STATE POLICE ARE PAID 18th HIGHEST OF 50 STATES
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| Rank | State | Avg March '04 Pay |
| 1 | RHODE ISLAND | $6,787.80 |
| 2 | NEW YORK | 6,232.40 |
| 3 | CALIFORNIA | 6,158.12 |
| 4 | ALASKA | 6,005.11 |
| 5 | DELAWARE | 5,786.36 |
| 6 | ILLINOIS | 5,617.80 |
| 7 | MINNESOTA | 5,487.71 |
| 8 | VERMONT | 5,480.93 |
| 9 | WASHINGTON | 5,387.50 |
| 10 | OHIO | 5,381.81 |
| 11 | CONNECTICUT | 5,307.26 |
| 12 | MASSACHUSETTS | 5,208.02 |
| 13 | MARYLAND | 5,097.05 |
| 14 | MAINE | 5,006.84 |
| 15 | COLORADO | 4,944.56 |
| 16 | US STATE TOTAL | 4,762.79 |
| 17 | PENNSYLVANIA | 4,665.33 |
| 18 | INDIANA | 4,658.40 |
| 19 | NEVADA | 4,641.39 |
| 20 | IOWA | 4,605.27 |
| 21 | ALABAMA | 4,500.63 |
| 22 | OREGON | 4,486.15 |
| 23 | NEW HAMPSHIRE | 4,401.03 |
| 24 | WYOMING | 4,339.89 |
| 25 | WISCONSIN | 4,301.85 |
| 26 | VIRGINIA | 4,227.92 |
| 27 | ARIZONA | 4,111.71 |
| 28 | KANSAS | 4,091.35 |
| 29 | IDAHO | 4,018.71 |
| 30 | NORTH CAROLINA | 4,002.85 |
| 31 | MICHIGAN | 3,933.29 |
| 32 | LOUISIANA | 3,873.99 |
| 33 | KENTUCKY | 3,863.37 |
| 34 | NEW MEXICO | 3,801.74 |
| 35 | SOUTH DAKOTA | 3,755.36 |
| 36 | TEXAS | 3,715.69 |
| 37 | NEBRASKA | 3,691.20 |
| 38 | ARKANSAS | 3,685.68 |
| 39 | OKLAHOMA | 3,652.16 |
| 40 | WEST VIRGINIA | 3,614.84 |
| 41 | NEW JERSEY | 3,614.41 |
| 42 | TENNESSEE | 3,608.69 |
| 43 | MISSOURI | 3,526.84 |
| 44 | GEORGIA | 3,478.41 |
| 45 | FLORIDA | 3,465.98 |
| 46 | UTAH | 3,374.35 |
| 47 | NORTH DAKOTA | 3,347.03 |
| 48 | SOUTH CAROLINA | 3,290.01 |
| 49 | MONTANA | 3,160.80 |
| 50 | MISSISSIPPI | 3,158.39 |