Maybe when he used to know her minimum wage was still 5.15?
OHP is a public sector union, just like teachers. The teachers retirement system is a 7% contribution. and the current qualification for full retirement benefits, which is about 50% of your salary is the role of 90. Your age and years if service must total up to 90. I will get to retire at 27 years of service since I started at 35. The benefits and job stability are supposed to be the offsetting draw to public sector employment. My job pay is a matter of public record I make 62K a year as an information systems manager. Market rate for my job is 80K to 140K a year. But I have a good retirement package and although we use my wife's healthcare plan if something were to happen we have good health insurance as well. Just 20 more years to go.
I guess that's possible but when did the rate change to 7.25. Back in 2009, no?
These wages SUCK! Period.
In 1980, I made $38k/yr working in the oilfield and I was a 19yr old kid. I considered becoming a LEO back then and even had a couple of interviews with the Amarillo PD. I don't remember what they were paying, but I do remember it was certainly not enough to entice me to leave the oilfield. I recall discussing the low pay with my father. He told me then that in his opinion, the hardest job in the world would be - being an honest cop! I believed it then...I believe it now.
Fast forward to present day...I'm now 52yrs old and still work in the oil & gas industry. Year to date, counting all the taxes: Federal Income Tax, Medicare Tax, Medicare Surcharge, Indiana State Income Tax, and Social Insecurity Tax - I've paid in over $58k! I do understand I have been and continue to be very blessed and the oil & gas industry is not public service, but for people who Protect and Serve our communities, this is disgusting.
For ANYONE to think these are decent wages for Law Enforcement is despicable! Same goes for our firefighters! Same goes for our soldiers and all members of the armed forces. My dad is retired Army, so I grew up in it. His retirement benefits continue to be less and less year after year. The bottom line is government waste - at all levels - Federal, state, county, local.
I tip my hat to all you guys who have chosen these fields as careers! You all have my utmost respect!
Our governor wanted to screw the Police and Fire pension system so bad you would have thought it was one of her bodyguards. Luckily the FOP and IAFF stepped in and prevented her from destroying the retirment people like GC and my dad worked their humps off for.
Not to take anything away from LEOs, but to put things in perspective, law enforcement jobs do not rank in the top 10 most dangerous jobs in the U.S. and the pay scale listed earlier is greater than most of the most dangerous jobs.
In addition to salary, most LEO do not have a commute to and from work expense, that is a benefit worth $4500-$5000 per year.
In addition to salary, most LEO do not have a commute to and from work expense, that is a benefit worth $4500-$5000 per year.
This is very true. My stepdad (or my second dad as I like to think of him) is an old school trooper that did 25 years. He and some of his friends from back in the day are some of my heroes.
Uhhh ... that's not entirely true. Plenty of LEO have to drive their POV to work and pick up a car from the pool ... GC had to do that for several years. Oddly enough, back when he was making so little money that he probably would have qualified for food stamps if he hadn't been working 2 jobs. And while I'll agree that being an LEO might not be on the top 10 list of most dangerous jobs but I defy you to find one that is less stressful in this day and age. Damned if you do and damned if you don't. Honestly, I have absolutely NO IDEA why anyone would even consider law enforcement as a career nowadays. It's simply not worth the headache ...
Just watching a few COPS episodes tells me there's no way I could put up with people enough to be a LEO.
My taser would get worn out in about 2 weeks.
My taser would get worn out in about 2 weeks.
This and they don't pay full price at many restaurants. They can eat out cheaper than citizens that cook their own food.
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