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dotBen on Oct 19, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: California Highway Patrol salaries

Well that leaves "bonuses, housing allowances, sick leave payout, vacation payout"

Most of the time sick leave payout and vacation payout is no more than the same day rate of a 'working' individual.

Thus it is hard to know why the OTHER column is bigger than the base salary.

kscaldef on Oct 19, 2010 [–]

Many government jobs allow you to accrue vacation and sick time without limit. If you're retiring and cash out 30 years of unused sick leave, that's a big lump payment.

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