Question

[ravens#70]

Hello,

I just received a recruitement e-mail from the NYPD. The e-mail stated the starting base pay for a new hire is 35k and with night diff, O/T, etc a new hire would make 40k. My question is why is the pay so low? I live in Southern California and the average base pay for a new hire in SOCAL is 50k. I thought the cost of living in NYC and SOCAL were about the same?

Take Care and Stay Safe

[John2008]

Taxes,Taxes,Taxes. Also the government in SOCAL is willing to pay their police officers at market rate compare to NYC that cries every time we ask for a raise and we never get what we deserve. plus the only agency that I can think of being as big as the NYPD is a LAPD.

[NYCAPO]

NYPD pay is abysmal. Its one of the lowest paid departments in the country, yet is in the richest city in the country. NYC should pay their cops a decent wage. All I can say is if you want to be a cop in NYC, go to the PAPD or MTA Police. They pay their cops a nice salary.

[gbotj]

whats funny is you think the NEW starting pay is crap. 2 weeks ago starting pay was $25,100!!!

[darkhelmet]

remember this is the starting pay before OT and promotions etc.. you can make over 100k a year after a while in the NYPD.. i know other agencies do pay more but that is not that bad.