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Police salary?

  • 14-05-2015 10:41pm
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    Guy:Incognito
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    Small thing that bugged me a bit and now I cant even remember if I have it right but how much money does McNulty earn (or police in America in general , real or fictional)? I'm nearly sure I have it right but might be remembering wrong, when Jimmy is talking about maintenance and alimony with the ex she wants more money each month. He' spaying 2k at the minute and she wants it bumped to 3k. So realistically, he'd have to be earning another 2k a month just to live, no? So all in all, he's on upwards of $250,000 a year. I'd have thought they'd use fairly realistic figures for these things? Surely that cant be right?


    Having failed to get started a few times on the wire I'm finally working through it now for the first time. On S03 E07.


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    Pawwed Rig
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 22,289 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    $60K No?


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    Easy Rod
    Registered Users Posts: 1,875 ✭✭✭Easy Rod


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    Small thing that bugged me a bit and now I cant even remember if I have it right but how much money does McNulty earn (or police in America in general , real or fictional)? I'm nearly sure I have it right but might be remembering wrong, when Jimmy is talking about maintenance and alimony with the ex she wants more money each month. He' spaying 2k at the minute and she wants it bumped to 3k. So realistically, he'd have to be earning another 2k a month just to live, no? So all in all, he's on upwards of $250,000 a year. I'd have thought they'd use fairly realistic figures for these things? Surely that cant be right?
    Who taught you math?


  • #4
    blueskys
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭blueskys


    have a look at this,

    http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Police_Officer/Salary

    more like around 60k, 250k is crazy. its not a well paid job in the US relatively speaking


  • #5
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Actually, just realised I had the whole thing arseways in my head. Was thinking week, wrote month , then thought I had it wrong. Must have been month. Disregard so :-)


  • #6
    Rackstar
    Registered Users Posts: 1,347 ✭✭✭Rackstar


    McNulty didn't care, he thought they would sort the marriage out and not have to pay.


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    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    Small thing that bugged me a bit and now I cant even remember if I have it right but how much money does McNulty earn (or police in America in general , real or fictional)? I'm nearly sure I have it right but might be remembering wrong, when Jimmy is talking about maintenance and alimony with the ex she wants more money each month. He' spaying 2k at the minute and she wants it bumped to 3k. So realistically, he'd have to be earning another 2k a month just to live, no? So all in all, he's on upwards of $250,000 a year. I'd have thought they'd use fairly realistic figures for these things? Surely that cant be right?


    Having failed to get started a few times on the wire I'm finally working through it now for the first time. On S03 E07.
    5k per month * 12 months is 60k per year.
    As of April 2011, an NYPD detective with 10 or more years of experience earns an annual base salary of $87,278. The total compensation package, excluding benefits but including longevity pay, holiday pay and uniform allowance, for an NYPD detective, third grade, with 10 years of seniority is $97,735.

    http://work.chron.com/job-description-responsibilities-nypd-detective-17977.html


    I'm pretty sure a new officer in the NYPD is on upwards of 50k. Not bad going and I'm sure they earn it!! Makes a mockery of our Gardai anyway. I considered applying to the Guards as a teenager, until I saw how much they're paid. Joke shop.


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    Pawwed Rig
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    MagicMarker wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure a new officer in the NYPD is on upwards of 50k. Not bad going and I'm sure they earn it!! Makes a mockery of our Gardai anyway. I considered applying to the Guards as a teenager, until I saw how much they're paid. Joke shop.
    Less likely to be killed or maimed on the job though I would have thought. Also the cost of living in New York can be pretty high.


  • #9
    RZoran
    Closed Accounts Posts: 50 ✭✭RZoran


    Former friend is first year cop and earns around 60K. in the more liberal states/cities/counties/etc it can be like winning the lottery. The majority of people who earn over 100k in my city are cops or firefighters. $250k is a bit far fetched but 150-180k with overtime and senority is not.


  • #10
    RZoran
    Closed Accounts Posts: 50 ✭✭RZoran


    blueskys wrote: »
    have a look at this,

    http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Police_Officer/Salary

    more like around 60k, 250k is crazy. its not a well paid job in the US relatively speaking

    http://www.cityofboston.gov/images_documents/CY2013_BPD_Annual_EarningsFINAL_tcm3-43231.pdf


  • #11
    .red.
    Registered Users Posts: 3,331 ✭✭✭.red.


    The crowd i work for have a job going in payroll. Pm me your cv and ill pass it on abd put in a good word for ya!!


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