[lendaddy]

It's all about the benefits. You are also looking at base pay rates, not actual realized income.

I have a buddy that works for the city, his base pay is $55k. He actually clears over $80k.

He reties at 25 years with 100% of his retire date income till death (read that again).

He also gets a 401k style retirement account w/ match.

He also gets full family medical until he's 65.

He's works less than 4 days a week on average.

I'm just saying that it's not a bad gig at all and if you look at the retirement as income you can basically double the wages.