While the Alaska terrain may be expansive and rugged in many areas, police and sheriff’s officers who patrol the state are paid well compared to those in other states. Alaska’s police and sheriff’s patrol officers were paid an average annual salary of $75,670 in 2013, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
That figure, which amounts to an hourly wage of $36.38, puts Alaska at a third-place ranking in the nation for the average salary paid to such officers, behind New Jersey and California, according to the BLS.
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