$70k starting salary + 4 day week + car + $20k signing bonus

[Anonymous]

A friend of the family started as a police officer when he was 21. He joined the SWAT team at 25 and remained on the team until he was 40. By then he was a lieutenant.

Over the years his department paid for two masters degrees. That helped him become a captain by 43 and the deputy chief by 48. At that point he was making good money. He retired at 51.

After he retired he was snatched up by a F100 company to be their head of global security. In his 50’s he was making high six figures.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is that good or bad? Seems like a whole lot of nothing.

It’s a better package than most engineering majors get fresh out of college. When you factor in overtime it’s not even close.

Yes. But after 5 years an engineer will be at 90k and more without overtime.

Some engineers get overtime in some work environments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is that good or bad? Seems like a whole lot of nothing.

It’s a better package than most engineering majors get fresh out of college. When you factor in overtime it’s not even close.

I'm and engineer and my H is a moco cop. I always made significantly more and cops work tons of overtime and still make little to no money.

It's a calling just like teaching. You can't expect to make ends meet on this salary.

Imagine working 60 hours a week to make $100K. Jeez.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you mean becoming disabled. Are you hoping to be shot?

You understand that 62% of police officers aren’t shot, right?

In MOCO it's like 99.9999.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A friend of the family started as a police officer when he was 21. He joined the SWAT team at 25 and remained on the team until he was 40. By then he was a lieutenant.

Over the years his department paid for two masters degrees. That helped him become a captain by 43 and the deputy chief by 48. At that point he was making good money. He retired at 51.

After he retired he was snatched up by a F100 company to be their head of global security. In his 50’s he was making high six figures.

Rare. MoCo does not pay for masters degrees. Maybe in NY.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think being a police officer is a good role for a woman or smaller man due to he fact you need to get physical with violent offenders. If I was a big strong man I might consider it

Most cops in moco don't ever fight anybody or even draw their gun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is that good or bad? Seems like a whole lot of nothing.

It’s a better package than most engineering majors get fresh out of college. When you factor in overtime it’s not even close.

I'm and engineer and my H is a moco cop. I always made significantly more and cops work tons of overtime and still make little to no money.

It's a calling just like teaching. You can't expect to make ends meet on this salary.

Imagine working 60 hours a week to make $100K. Jeez.

I'm confused about your post and your grammar.

You are an engineer and your husband is a Montgomery County police officer.

Then you said you always made more, that's past tense. Do you not make more now? Is he no longer your husband?

I agree it's a calling, but your compensation number seems very low. Below is the Montgomery County police pay schedule for last year. How many years has your husband been a police officer?

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/HR/Resources/Files/Classification/Compensation%20Documents/FY24%20Compensation/FY24%20FOP.pdf

Montgomery Police work 4 shifts per week, 10 hours per shift. At 60 hours worked per week it would be easy to make over $100,000.

The starting salary in 2025 for a new officer is listed as $70,056. That's $33.68 per hour. The 20 hours of overtime a week you mentioned would be an additional $36,799 per year.

A Montgomery County Police Officer III with 12 years experience makes $103,924 in salary alone based on the 2024 schedule linked above. With 20 hours of overtime a week their total compensation would be $181,867.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is that good or bad? Seems like a whole lot of nothing.

It’s a better package than most engineering majors get fresh out of college. When you factor in overtime it’s not even close.

I'm and engineer and my H is a moco cop. I always made significantly more and cops work tons of overtime and still make little to no money.

It's a calling just like teaching. You can't expect to make ends meet on this salary.

Imagine working 60 hours a week to make $100K. Jeez.

I'm confused about your post and your grammar.

You are an engineer and your husband is a Montgomery County police officer.

Then you said you always made more, that's past tense. Do you not make more now? Is he no longer your husband?

I agree it's a calling, but your compensation number seems very low. Below is the Montgomery County police pay schedule for last year. How many years has your husband been a police officer?

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/HR/Resources/Files/Classification/Compensation%20Documents/FY24%20Compensation/FY24%20FOP.pdf

Montgomery Police work 4 shifts per week, 10 hours per shift. At 60 hours worked per week it would be easy to make over $100,000.

The starting salary in 2025 for a new officer is listed as $70,056. That's $33.68 per hour. The 20 hours of overtime a week you mentioned would be an additional $36,799 per year.

A Montgomery County Police Officer III with 12 years experience makes $103,924 in salary alone based on the 2024 schedule linked above. With 20 hours of overtime a week their total compensation would be $181,867.

NP I think PP was a troll. Because you make way more than 100,000 as a cop with some years of experience and taking extra shifts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the take home car is likely more a burden than a benefit. You are likely restricted from using it other than to and from work and you probably can't install a car seat in it so don't plan on doing pick up or drop off on the way to work. You have to find a place to park it and you may need a second car since you can only use the car for to/from work (i.e. two kids in different activities). Maybe the take home car is optional though.

Not true or at least for the officer who lives across the stress from us who has a big a$$ truck courtesy of his position. The only stipulation is that he cant leave the state with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is that good or bad? Seems like a whole lot of nothing.

It’s a better package than most engineering majors get fresh out of college. When you factor in overtime it’s not even close.

I'm and engineer and my H is a moco cop. I always made significantly more and cops work tons of overtime and still make little to no money.

It's a calling just like teaching. You can't expect to make ends meet on this salary.

Imagine working 60 hours a week to make $100K. Jeez.

I'm confused about your post and your grammar.

You are an engineer and your husband is a Montgomery County police officer.

Then you said you always made more, that's past tense. Do you not make more now? Is he no longer your husband?

I agree it's a calling, but your compensation number seems very low. Below is the Montgomery County police pay schedule for last year. How many years has your husband been a police officer?

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/HR/Resources/Files/Classification/Compensation%20Documents/FY24%20Compensation/FY24%20FOP.pdf

Montgomery Police work 4 shifts per week, 10 hours per shift. At 60 hours worked per week it would be easy to make over $100,000.

The starting salary in 2025 for a new officer is listed as $70,056. That's $33.68 per hour. The 20 hours of overtime a week you mentioned would be an additional $36,799 per year.

A Montgomery County Police Officer III with 12 years experience makes $103,924 in salary alone based on the 2024 schedule linked above. With 20 hours of overtime a week their total compensation would be $181,867.

NP I think PP was a troll. Because you make way more than 100,000 as a cop with some years of experience and taking extra shifts.

People here have recent graduate children working 60 hours a week to earn a $60,000 salary when they could be making so much more as a law enforcement officer.

White collar jobs are on the chopping block. The majors with the highest unemployment rates for new grads are the ones all the parents here are pushing their kids into. It’s crazy.

That young man or woman that pulls you over is probably making more money than you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the take home car is likely more a burden than a benefit. You are likely restricted from using it other than to and from work and you probably can't install a car seat in it so don't plan on doing pick up or drop off on the way to work. You have to find a place to park it and you may need a second car since you can only use the car for to/from work (i.e. two kids in different activities). Maybe the take home car is optional though.

Not true or at least for the officer who lives across the stress from us who has a big a$$ truck courtesy of his position. The only stipulation is that he cant leave the state with it.

I think thats unlikely. Govt vehicles can only be used for official use only, not trips to the grocery store or kids activities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the take home car is likely more a burden than a benefit. You are likely restricted from using it other than to and from work and you probably can't install a car seat in it so don't plan on doing pick up or drop off on the way to work. You have to find a place to park it and you may need a second car since you can only use the car for to/from work (i.e. two kids in different activities). Maybe the take home car is optional though.

Not true or at least for the officer who lives across the stress from us who has a big a$$ truck courtesy of his position. The only stipulation is that he cant leave the state with it.

I think thats unlikely. Govt vehicles can only be used for official use only, not trips to the grocery store or kids activities.

In some jurisdictions there are few restrictions as long as you wear your duty pistol and badge on your belt while operating the vehicle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a good enough start similar to other early grads. By 5 years though everyone is speeding past you as they are making 6 figures easy. At 10 years they’re at minimum 150-200k in corporate america

Your salary projections for corporate America employees seem very optimistic.

Bankrate's projected starting salary for 2025 graduates with a business degree is $65,276.

CNBC's take on the top 16 majors that pay the most show only finance and business analytics in that cohort, and the mid-career(35-45) median salaries are $100,000 - $104,000.

Even with COL adjustments your assertion that everyone makes $150,000+ when they're 10 years out of college doesn't hold water.

In this area the Class of 2025 and 2026 will be competing with adults that have experience in their field, but have recently been laid off. Corporate America is also restructuring. There are very few rainbows and puppy dogs ahead for business majors.

+1 people -- especially in HCOL areas -- have a distorted sense of what most people (even those in corporate America) earn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is that good or bad? Seems like a whole lot of nothing.

It’s a better package than most engineering majors get fresh out of college. When you factor in overtime it’s not even close.

I'm and engineer and my H is a moco cop. I always made significantly more and cops work tons of overtime and still make little to no money.

It's a calling just like teaching. You can't expect to make ends meet on this salary.

Imagine working 60 hours a week to make $100K. Jeez.

Its no different than social workers and other helping professions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is that good or bad? Seems like a whole lot of nothing.

It’s a better package than most engineering majors get fresh out of college. When you factor in overtime it’s not even close.

I'm and engineer and my H is a moco cop. I always made significantly more and cops work tons of overtime and still make little to no money.

It's a calling just like teaching. You can't expect to make ends meet on this salary.

Imagine working 60 hours a week to make $100K. Jeez.

Its no different than social workers and other helping professions.

The major difference is that LEOs make a lot more than teachers and social workers.

The teachers I know spend significant out of pocket money for classroom supplies. Police get all of their equipment given to them.

Governor Youngkin’s Operation Bold Blue Line will pay police officers more money and provide them with new and better equipment. Sadly there is nothing like this on the horizon for teachers and social workers.