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STATE GOVERNMENTS
YEAR: 2004
JOB CLASS: Corrections
ON AVERAGE, NEVADA'S PRISON GUARDS ARE PAID 11th HIGHEST OF 50 STATES
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| Rank | State | Avg March '04 Pay |
| 1 | CALIFORNIA | $4,739.08 |
| 2 | RHODE ISLAND | 4,632.65 |
| 3 | NEW JERSEY | 4,602.96 |
| 4 | NEW YORK | 4,566.38 |
| 5 | CONNECTICUT | 4,531.32 |
| 6 | MASSACHUSETTS | 4,409.80 |
| 7 | ALASKA | 4,034.86 |
| 8 | ILLINOIS | 3,957.99 |
| 9 | OHIO | 3,897.52 |
| 10 | COLORADO | 3,851.34 |
| 11 | NEVADA | 3,837.35 |
| 12 | MICHIGAN | 3,817.45 |
| 13 | MINNESOTA | 3,773.75 |
| 14 | IOWA | 3,752.68 |
| 15 | HAWAII | 3,641.21 |
| 16 | PENNSYLVANIA | 3,566.61 |
| 17 | OREGON | 3,505.90 |
| 18 | WISCONSIN | 3,481.46 |
| 19 | US STATE TOTAL | 3,375.19 |
| 20 | NEW HAMPSHIRE | 3,355.05 |
| 21 | VERMONT | 3,318.97 |
| 22 | MAINE | 3,318.61 |
| 23 | WASHINGTON | 3,313.56 |
| 24 | MARYLAND | 3,295.82 |
| 25 | DELAWARE | 3,295.41 |
| 26 | ALABAMA | 3,174.58 |
| 27 | NEW MEXICO | 3,059.46 |
| 28 | UTAH | 2,920.20 |
| 29 | LOUISIANA | 2,860.53 |
| 30 | MONTANA | 2,845.40 |
| 31 | ARIZONA | 2,836.95 |
| 32 | OKLAHOMA | 2,818.75 |
| 33 | IDAHO | 2,797.57 |
| 34 | FLORIDA | 2,770.88 |
| 35 | INDIANA | 2,732.46 |
| 36 | NEBRASKA | 2,710.74 |
| 37 | VIRGINIA | 2,682.49 |
| 38 | WYOMING | 2,682.10 |
| 39 | KENTUCKY | 2,651.08 |
| 40 | TENNESSEE | 2,634.65 |
| 41 | KANSAS | 2,624.01 |
| 42 | NORTH CAROLINA | 2,600.29 |
| 43 | SOUTH DAKOTA | 2,556.50 |
| 44 | NORTH DAKOTA | 2,502.93 |
| 45 | GEORGIA | 2,487.10 |
| 46 | TEXAS | 2,418.37 |
| 47 | SOUTH CAROLINA | 2,407.43 |
| 48 | ARKANSAS | 2,371.26 |
| 49 | MISSOURI | 2,249.91 |
| 50 | MISSISSIPPI | 2,175.23 |
| 51 | WEST VIRGINIA | 2,116.46 |