Compensation[edit]
As of 2017, the Massachusetts State Police average pay for a state trooper was $145,413, with three troopers earning over $300,000, and 245 troopers (12% of the workforce) earning over $200,000. A trooper's base pay is augmented by working multiple details, directing traffic, overtime shifts, or providing security at special events.[27]
Good God. State Police in Massachusetts earn well over six figures? There really are two Americas. The average salary in my area is probably thirty thousand dollars.
There is no way in Hell that the economically depressed areas of this country will ever make it to that level of prosperity.
