<p>For many of our state jobs, a bachelor’s is required to be hired; for other state jobs, you need to have an advanced degree (masters or higher). These are not elite jobs–mainly administrative & pay about $40-60K/year plus benefits. This is the pay our state also offers folks with PhDs, which is why morale for many of the state jobs is not high. Even tho the benefits are pretty good, our cost of living is quite high.</p>