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...when I graduated WVSP - I made $27,500 a yr...I thought that was big money in 1998!!!

From the Georgia State Patrol website:
$32,418 (until the start of Trooper School)
$34,038 (while in Trooper School)
$35,741 (upon Trooper School graduation)

And this from StateTrooperSalary.com:
Georgia Yearly State Trooper Pay Statistics
Average Yearly State Trooper Salary $34,106 - $51,158
Starting Yearly State Trooper Salary $28,087 - $42,130
Top Yearly State Trooper Salary $40,124 - $60,186

California is an anomoly, as usual. Teachers make more than GSP troopers, and in an abbreviated work year. It looks the pay is not bad, but it's not great.