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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our DC is considered “underemployed” in law enforcement because the position doesn’t require a degree to start. Five years after earning their B.S. they earn a $102k salary and $40k+ in overtime. They get a raise every year, and sometimes two raises.

[b]That’s better than earnings of Chemical Engineering majors at 35-45 year olds[/b], the #1 major, BTW. Our child could retire with a full pension at 46. LOL.

Our child will make sergeant soon. That comes with a nice raise. By 35 they’ll be a lieutenant. That’s a big salary bump. That’s when 1.5x overtime rates really start to pay out.[/quote]

https://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/chemical-engineers.htm
https://www.mtu.edu/engineering/about/salary/[/quote]

I thought engineers are good at math?

From your link:

The overall median annual wage for chemical engineers is $121,860, which is less than that of our twenty something LEO child.

Then there’s this gem:

[b]Most chemical engineers work full time, and some work more than 40 hours per week. They may have to work additional hours to meet production targets or to troubleshoot problems with manufacturing processes.[/b]

Extra hours for salaried employees are a great time.[/quote]

Newsflash. Chemical Engineers go into many fields that don't involve actually being Chemical Engineers.  Top Engineering schools producing Chemical Engineers have graduates go into Top Consulting, Analytics/Quant and a lot of other fields where they make a lot of $$$ my friend even though chemical engineers make very good money .  Nice try though butt your premise is laughable.[/quote]

Then why isn’t the median salary for Chem E majors higher? Riddle me that.[/quote]

Dude...cool your kid is a cop.  But please stop this nonsense. [/quote]

It’s not cool, and has never been about cool. In some places it’s a job you can do with a high school diploma and make decent money without putting yourself in debt for a B.A./B.S. degree.

The mantra here that you need to spend $120,000 - $400,000 and four years of your life to then spend 2+ more years in school, and more money, to out earn a cop is anything but cool.[/quote]

No one is saying you need to doi anything. Some, many, want to go to into careers that require MD, JD, phD, DDS, etc. They happen to outearn cops. Some do not. 
Others want to be cops, presumably it is not for the money as overall it does not pay as much as certain non-college jobs and has a lot more risk. 
Who cares? Do what you want, don't knock those who made different choices. No one is knocking being a cop, that is great! You are knocking everyone who chose careers that require extensive education then bragging about overtime pay and getting a house first. So? It is not a race.[/quote]

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