Just because salaries are small part doesn’t mean we should ignore it. Legislators cut a 17% pay cut and they didn’t quit. If you hit some sectors with 10% pay cut, how many would quit in this economy?
Salaries across the board are very high in CA, esp prison guards and teachers.
I’ll start with prison guard rates, someone else can trace teachers.
CA:
* It costs an average of about $47,000 per year to incarcerate an inmate in prison in California.
* Over two-thirds of these costs are for security and inmate health care.
* Since 2000-01, the average annual cost has increased by about $19,500. This includes an increase of $8,300 for inmate health care and $7,100 for security.
More than 5,000 guards in CA make more than 100K with overtime (unsourced).
