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Number of jobs: 72,380
Average annual wage: $105,220
Average hourly wage: $50.58
Various types of workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic earn top pay in California. In addition to having the highest average annual wage for nurses, as we recently reported in “How Much Nurses Make in Every State,” the state also has the highest average annual wage for police and sheriff’s officers.
Granted, the Golden State also has one of the highest average costs of living in the U.S., behind only Hawaii and Washington, D.C.
Researchers looking at the effect of the pandemic on crime in 30 U.S. cities and counties from mid-March to mid-April found a big impact in two California cities. In San Francisco, reports of violent crime — including murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault — were down 33% compared with the same period last year. In Los Angeles, reports were down nearly 25%, the Washington Post reports.
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