Tommy Tubberville talking about why people don't want to be police officers:
“They make barely more than welfare wages."
Source AL.COM story. The Average Ala. police officer salary $53,100 (Zip Recruiter)
$53,049 (Salary.com)
$43,486 (Indeed.com)
$49,667 (Glassdoor.com)
Not a huge salary for a job that can get you killed, but above average in Alabama.
(The overall annual pay for all jobs in Alabama is $39,180.)
Welfare?
According to a libertarian-leaning Cato Institute study, welfare recipients in Alabama can receive benefits that are the equivalent of a $23,310 yearly salary.
On the other hand, Tubberville was paid $2 million per-year salary through the 2015 season at Texas Tech, and that ranked him 52nd among head coaches, which may be why he thinks police are paid so poorly.
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