New Police Pay Scales Analysis: A Rookie Cop's First Paycheck Beats a New Teacher's in 37 of 42 Big Cities
Police Pay Scales' new comparison of official 2025–26 and 2026–27 pay schedules finds that a rookie police officer's starting base pay exceeds a new teacher's in 37 of 42 big cities, with the widest gap, $53,034 a year, in Seattle.
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