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State troopers would need 52% pay raise to match Austin police

Texas state troopers would require a 52% pay hike to put them on par with Austin, whose police are the highest paid in the nation taking into account cost of living. The state auditor has proposed boosting trooper pay 9-14% to keep them competitive with big-city departments. That would be a significant increase, assuming it can make it through the legislative appropriations process, but even that won't come close to equalizing pay scales. Reported the Houston Chronicle ("State troopers could be in line for pay raises," Aug. 7):Texas should spend $50.2 million to make state trooper pay competitive with large city and county law enforcement departments, the state auditor recommended Wednesday. The bulk of pay raises would go to the Texas Department of Public Safety, which has 80 percent of the state's 4,339 law officers...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 07, 2008 (boomark / email).