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Law Enforcement Compensation

January 12, 2024

We found that the base top wages for troopers increased more between 2019 and 2022 than top wages for police officers in any of the cities we examined. Nevertheless, base top wages were still 8 percent lower for troopers than the median base top wage for city police in 2022. In addition to reviewing base wages, we reviewed supplemental wages, health insurance, and retirement contributions.

Law Enforcement Compensation : 2022 Wage and Benefit Review - Full Report(PDF)PDF Icon
Manager : Katherine Theisen

*Supplemental Items (these did not appear in the printed report)

 

February 19, 2021

We found that base wages for Minnesota state troopers in 2019 were lower than the median base wages of police officers in the Minnesota cities we were directed to use in a comparison; they were about 5 percent lower for starting wages, and 16 percent lower for maximum wages. That was, however, before the Legislature mandated an across-the-board 8.4 percent increase in trooper wages during a special legislative session in October 2020. In addition to salary comparisons, our report considers contract and statutory provisions that affect state trooper and city police officer supplemental wages, health insurance, and retirement contributions.

Law Enforcement Compensation : 2019 Wage and Benefit Review - Full Report(PDF) PDF Icon
Manager : Joel Alter

*Supplemental Items (these did not appear in the printed report)

 

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