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(*)
Buenos 18,000 3 2 34.50%
Aires City
(*) (1)
TOTAL 170,200 6 6 39.20%
(*) Agents of the PFA ; (1) Taking into account that 7 million
people work in Buenos Aires City during the week.
2. Wage profile of different ranks in various Argentinean Police Forces
Table 4. Buenos Aires Provincial Police
Rank Number Wage Wage Wage Wage
of (pesos): (pesos):(dollars):(dollars):
Policemen with without with high without
high high school high
school school diploma* school
diploma diploma diploma*
Oficial de 14,138 $ 1,765 $ 1,713 $ 558 $ 542
Policía
Sargento 9,000 $ 2,002 $ 1,940 $ 633 $ 613
Subteniente 7,600 $ 2,547 $ 2,340 $ 805 $ 740
Teniente 6,800 $ 2,741 (1) $ 867 (1)
Teniente 5,000 $ 2,782 (1) $ 880 (1)
Primero
Capitan 2,500 $ 5,089 (1) $ 1,609 (1)
Inspector 700 $ 6,912 (1) $ 2,186 (1)
Comisionado 250 $ 8,312 (1) $ 2,628 (1)
Superintendente 12 $ (1) $ 3,952 (1)
12,498
TOTAL 46,000
Source: Agencia Federal de Noticias (09/14/2008), Newspaper "La Palabra" (09/14/2008), Newspaper "El
Ciudadano" (09/14/2009), Internal Sources of the Province of Buenos Aires Police and Exchange Statistics
from the Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) . Notes (1): rank only available for policeman with high school
diploma
Table 5. Policia Federal Argentina (City of Buenos Aires)
Rank Wage Wage Wage Wage Wage
(pesos): (pesos): (pesos): (pesos): (dollars)*
2005 2006. 2007. 2008.
Adjusted Adjusted Adjusted
by by by
inflation inflation inflation
Comisario 1940.8 2282.4 2722.9 3553.4 1123.7
General
Comisario 1804.0 2121.5 2531.0 3302.9 1044.5
Mayor
Comisario 1664.9 1957.9 2335.8 3048.2 963.9
Inspector
Comisario 1314.6 1546.0 1844.3 2406.9 761.1
Subcomisario 1074.2 1263.3 1507.1 1966.7 621.9
Principal 899.7 1058.0 1262.3 1647.2 520.9
Inspector 793.6 933.3 1113.4 1453.0 459.5