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Seattle is coming armed with much better salaries and more frequent raises. Starting salary for a police officer in Honolulu is $65,592 per year versus $81,444 for a newly sworn officer in Seattle. For veteran officers, the pay gap is even larger.
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The starting pay for police officers and fire-rescue workers will now be $60,000, according to the Dallas Morning News.
Read More →According to the news release, a recent arbitration hearing affirmed that BSO has been underpaying its employees for hours worked.
Read More →This week, the United States Senate passed a 1.9% pay raise for federal employees in 2019. But it's not a done deal.
Read More →Highway Patrol Col. Mike Rapich has observed what he calls a “wage war” among agencies competing for personnel. “We’re in a really aggressive recruiting effort,” he says, “probably more so than I’ve seen in the 25 years I’ve been with the agency.”
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To avoid needlessly recruiting additional officers, agencies are working to keep current officers happy in their careers.
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When the St. Paul (MN) Police Department was hiring four years ago, 794 people applied to be officers. This time around, there were only 178 applicants and now the department has extended the deadline to Monday, hoping to attract more quality candidates.
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San Diego will boost pay for police officers between 25% and 30% to help solve a crisis of departing officers that has lengthened response times, limited proactive policing, and ballooned overtime budgets.
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"Going 10 years without a salary increase has wreaked havoc on our recruiting efforts," said Brian Marvel, director of the SDPOA. He explained there are more sworn officers leaving the department than those that are being hired per year.
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Over half of police officers live paycheck-to-paycheck. With three steps, you can start paying the bills while also saving money.
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