LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN NEVADA
YEAR: 2004
JOB CLASS: Corrections
ON AVERAGE, NEVADA'S LOCAL GOVERNMENT JAIL GUARDS ARE PAID 2nd HIGHEST OF 50 STATES

Rank State
Avg March '04 Pay
1 NEW JERSEY
$4,764.90
2 NEVADA
3 CALIFORNIA
4,560.80
4 NEW YORK
4,528.70
5 WASHINGTON D C
4,409.42
6 WASHINGTON
4,172.32
7 MASSACHUSETTS
4,083.08
8 ALASKA
3,955.95
9 MINNESOTA
3,863.00
10 COLORADO
3,798.53
11 OREGON
3,773.24
12 MARYLAND
3,744.77
13 MICHIGAN
3,664.63
14 ILLINOIS
3,589.88
15 FLORIDA
3,586.15
16 US LOCAL TOTAL
3,525.12
17 WISCONSIN
3,345.57
18 VIRGINIA
3,298.82
19 NEW HAMPSHIRE
3,243.67
20 PENNSYLVANIA
3,229.44
21 ARIZONA
3,024.25
22 TEXAS
3,005.52
23 KANSAS
2,969.35
24 UTAH
2,957.58
25 GEORGIA
2,932.77
26 OHIO
2,844.13
27 IOWA
2,769.76
28 NEBRASKA
2,748.49
29 NORTH CAROLINA
2,697.43
30 LOUISIANA
2,694.41
31 MAINE
2,666.00
32 TENNESSEE
2,656.53
33 WYOMING
2,603.98
34 IDAHO
2,595.46
35 NEW MEXICO
2,589.59
36 SOUTH CAROLINA
2,574.33
37 NORTH DAKOTA
2,554.36
38 INDIANA
2,493.38
39 SOUTH DAKOTA
2,493.21
40 ALABAMA
2,455.88
41 KENTUCKY
2,453.29
42 MISSOURI
2,387.51
43 MONTANA
2,330.10
44 OKLAHOMA
2,119.82
45 ARKANSAS
2,005.39
46 WEST VIRGINIA
1,915.93
47 MISSISSIPPI
1,813.26
Source: US Census Bureau

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