| With West Virginia leading the USA with the number of incarcerations, and the USA leading most world countries, including Russia and China, it was learned this week through a
legislative audit that the state has the lowest starting salaries for state correctional officers in the country.
Kristina Taylor of the Legislative Post Audit Division relayed the low correctional pay to state lawmakers.
The starting salary for West Virginia's entry-level correctional officers was less than $22,600.
That salary ranked lower than any other state, including those deemed to be in similar economic standing: Mississippi, Kentucky, South Carolina, New Mexico and Alabama.
Massachusetts had the highest entry-level salary at almost $51,400 annually. |
