A teacher married to a police officer... the new middle-class

This post is 100% the result of a lunchroom discussion I had with two colleagues.  During the course of said discussion, I made the above statement.


this article (dated 2008) says that LPD recruits make $41k during their probationary period, which jumps to $45,558 after 18mos of service
http://lubbockonline.com/stories/012008/loc_238353024.shtml

http://lubbockonline.com/education/2012-01-30/lubbock-south-plains-have-lower-teacher-salaries-most-parts-state#.Tyl63cUS08k

$44k avg teacher salary in region 17

(which includes lubbock)

starting salary of $37k (almost $40k)

sorry, i'm conflating region 17 data with data for lisd

region 17 avg is $44,026, while lisd avg is $45,804 (almost $46k)

the starting salary was available only for lisd, and was $37,750

(so, almost $38k)

New Orleans (NOLA) PD, aka NOPD
http://www.nola.gov/sitecore/content/Root/Government/NOPD/Salary%20and%20Benefits.aspx
David Codrea: "Care to factor in benefits and pension, and that you can retire younger than practically anyone in the private sector?"