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  • google is my friend (0 / 0)

    Looks like CA is tops in the nation for guard salaries.  Of course we're also #1 in cost of living, so CA tends to be high for just about any job you look up.

    Correctional officer salaries, annual mean wage:
    #1 California, $61,000
    #2 New Jersey, $56,960
    #3 Massachusetts, $53,090

    By the way, prison guards are Teamsters, at least in MA.  Pay scales are probably carved in stone and based on seniority (teamsters do not mess with seniority!) and level of responsibility.

    mom to DS1, 7 yr old frat boy, and DS2, 5 yr old engineer

    by lyn on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 12:22:50 PM PDT

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    • I believe you (0 / 0)

      Or, I believe the google numbers, but, if that is the case, why would ANYONE do that?  Work as a prison guard if it paid so low?  And that IS low in California.  Yes, you don't need a degree to do it, but it can be dangerous.  Boring, whatever.  A "mean" salary is "average."  So -- you would have to work 10 or so years to get that?  Wow.

      I wonder if the pay used to be highed 15 years ago.  If not, that one woman was lying through her teeth to me.  She wasn't old at all, and had a baby.  (I am sure she lied to impress me -- a super-high-paid tech writer!  LOLOL)

      by Shell on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 02:10:07 PM PDT

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      • A co-worker's son (0 / 0)

        was thinking about moving to CA to become a cop, w/ prison guard as his "fall back on" plan. I believe starting pay is in the 60-70K range, but given the availability of overtime, 100K is not unthinkable.  Their union is pretty powerful and yields a lot of political influence.  I remember reading somewhere (talkleft blog maybe) that Gov. Arnold tied guard salaries to highway patrol salaries or something like that...

        boy 9/85, girl 4/98, boy 3/00

        by TeachPeace on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 04:07:25 PM PDT

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