There are few things more unwelcome in life than to receive a call from a debt collector (one that's worse, perhaps, is a visit from the "man from the draft board" back in the day). But with Americans having racked up $13.51 trillion in total household debt, those unwelcome calls are likely to continue as business booms for debt collectors.

However, there is one question few tend to ask about debt collectors, even though their business is money: How much do debt collectors make? And for that matter, how much do debt collectors make on average in every state?


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