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| | CALIFORNIA / Big jump in state's high-paid workers / Nearly 2,000 earn more than $132,000 after raises, overtime |
 | | Close to 2,000 state employees earned more than $132,000 last year, up from 1,021 in calendar year 2002 and 1,194 in 2003, according to data from the state controller's office. |
 | | For instance, the California Highway Patrol officers received a 2.7 percent raise in July 2003, another 6.8 percent increase last summer, and 5 percent this year. |
 | | The state prison system is under a court order to pay psychiatrists significant recruiting and retention bonuses in order to maintain an adequate number in prisons. |
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