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Do you not consider an average 50-60k "high"?

That is more than basically anyone I know personally outside of software, and I'm not in a low COL area.

Median household income is 56k.

For a job that I may get shot and die on any given day, no. I do not.

Police dont even rate in the top ten most dangerous jobs in the us.

They rank 15th. Electrical Engineers, loggers, fishermen, etc all have more dangerous jobs.