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  • Test 5

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  • Test 4

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  • Test 3

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  • Testing two

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  • Testing Tipline in Fact Brief block

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    Do Connecticut police sergeants make over $200K per year on average?

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    According to 2024 data from the Connecticut Office of the State Comptroller, full-time police sergeants in the state earned an average of $209,106.75, including overtime. The figure is based on compensation for 156 full-time sergeants and reflects a growing trend in public safety pay being driven by overtime and special duty assignments.

    While base salaries may fall well below the $200K mark, the combination of extended shifts, staffing shortages, and contractual overtime guarantees has pushed total compensation into the six-figure range for many officers. Several sergeants made over $300K. In total, Connecticut spent $32.62 million on State Police sergeant personnel in 2024 alone.

    For a state of Connecticut’s size, that puts police sergeants among the highest-paid public employees. By comparison, Massachusetts spent $59.73 million on its 375 state police sergeants — highlighting how smaller staffing numbers in Connecticut can still lead to high average earnings.

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    This fact brief was originally published by CT Mirror on July 17, 2025, and was authored by Reginald David. CT Mirror is a member of the Gigafact network.

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  • Fixing sources

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    <p>With close to 150,000 Vietnamese residents<strong>, </strong>San Jose has the largest Vietnamese population of any city worldwide outside of Vietnam.</p><p>The Pew Research Center estimates San Jose has 145,000 Vietnamese residents based on an analysis of 2023 U.S. Census data. Other smaller California cities like Garden Grove and Westminster have higher concentrations of Vietnamese per capita, but San Jose has the largest number.&nbsp;</p><p>While San Jose has the largest Vietnamese population of any one city outside of Vietnam, the Los Angeles metropolitan area has the largest population of any region outside of Vietnam, with approximately 350,000 residents according to Pew.</p><p>Large-scale Vietnamese migration to the U.S., particularly to Texas and California, began after the Fall of Saigon in 1975. Job opportunities in Silicon Valley, which was beginning to develop into the major tech hub it is today, attracted many refugees to San Jose.&nbsp;</p>

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