Besides having the highest-paid police officers in the nation, New Jersey is one of three states in the country where cops are typically paid more than double the median salary.

The median salary for a police officer in the Garden State is $92,250 compared to $40,680 for all salaried workers in New Jersey, according to TheMarshallProject.org. Cops here make $2.27 for every $1 paid to everyone else, the highest disparity in the country.

Those figures don't include overtime or benefits such as uniform allowances that many officers receive. The value of police officers' pensions is also omitted from the total. The numbers were compiled by analyzing information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A median figure indicates half are paid more than the amount and half are paid less -- it is not an average.

The only other states where police officers earn more than twice as much as a typical worker are California and Nevada. Police in the Golden State earn a median salary of $88,740 compared to $39,190 for the rest of the workforce. In the Silver State, police officers are paid a median salary of $68,710, slightly more than double the $33,550 an ordinary worker makes.

Police are paid 150 percent or more of the median salary in 25 of 50 states, the report said. New York ($78,930 vs. $40,870) and Pennsylvania ($60,150 vs. $35,640) are among that group.

The Marshall Project report cited the dangerous nature of their work and the strength of police unions in explaining why cops are generally paid more than ordinary citizens. It also said most Americans are earning less than they once did.

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