California prison guards get a huge pay hike

Only Texas employs more prison guards than California, but in Texas, taxpayers get more for their money.
The annual salary for a correctional officer or jailer in Texas, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, averaged out to $41,420 as of May 2017.
In California, it was $71,630.
The BLS says there were 48,600 Texans employed in this category of work, and 36,730 Californians. About 27,000 of those West Coast prison guards are represented by the California Correctional Peace Officers As