Protective Service Occupations Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Protective Service Occupations positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$50,580

National average

Salary Range

$32,040 – $104,000

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Protective Service Occupations Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$95,840$45,850$117,890
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$94,890$36,340$131,880
Vallejo, CA$93,580$38,470$138,110
El Centro, CA$91,280$35,360$124,700
Bellingham, WA$83,860$38,240$126,490
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$83,400$41,740$123,670
Vineland, NJ$80,610$37,150$105,140
Salinas, CA$79,600$38,100$130,240
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$79,580$36,830$105,980
Kennewick-Richland, WA$78,490$38,550$117,140
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$77,900$36,330$129,810
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$77,530$39,480$124,170
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$76,630$37,970$127,850
Walla Walla, WA$76,400$52,000$94,310
Sheboygan, WI$75,880$32,180$104,810
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$75,780$36,970$120,260
Barnstable Town, MA$74,670$39,770$100,960
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$74,360$38,500$116,860
Idaho Falls, ID$73,940$35,810$95,040
Redding, CA$73,840$35,230$132,520
Longview-Kelso, WA$73,680$37,240$111,940
District of Columbia$73,270$37,650$128,130
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$73,030$38,900$106,680
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$72,860$37,230$115,750
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$72,710$37,990$111,200
Elmira, NY$72,410$34,990$89,220
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$72,230$35,350$99,890
Carson City, NV$71,510$31,200$108,780
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$70,810$36,570$126,090
Albany, OR$70,700$35,420$106,080
Anchorage, AK$70,680$35,640$127,980
Fond du Lac, WI$70,310$27,860$96,270
Fairbanks-College, AK$69,990$35,580$111,680
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$69,360$31,190$115,190
Alaska$69,220$35,920$117,850
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$68,760$41,480$106,090
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$68,700$34,940$102,980
Kingston, NY$68,700$36,240$88,750
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$68,700$40,180$97,390
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$67,700$37,990$99,130
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$67,620$36,960$112,090
Madison, WI$67,420$33,000$99,300
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$67,220$36,090$132,700
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$66,610$35,590$95,220
Worcester, MA$66,400$35,610$97,960
Fresno, CA$66,260$34,580$126,150
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$66,250$38,370$95,280
Lincoln, NE$66,220$33,520$92,610
Medford, OR$65,960$35,530$112,510
Midland, TX$65,960$30,610$105,330
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$65,850$36,800$120,120
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$65,740$36,680$116,920
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$65,470$35,330$91,640
Jackson, MI$65,250$34,360$81,240
Salem, OR$64,960$36,490$99,170
Washington$64,960$38,170$120,640
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$64,780$31,200$107,990
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$64,070$35,500$97,070
Massachusetts$63,690$36,960$104,680
Grand Forks, ND-MN$63,530$30,760$90,530
Glens Falls, NY$63,410$36,090$84,900
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$63,330$37,750$106,300
Grand Island, NE$63,210$32,240$91,970
Kenosha, WI$63,180$31,030$94,220
Decatur, IL$63,170$32,080$95,160
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$63,140$31,170$95,840
Laredo, TX$63,120$24,380$111,380
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$62,890$34,110$97,350
Bend, OR$62,880$35,620$99,890
Rochester, MN$62,590$37,460$98,130
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$62,500$31,200$105,590
Utica-Rome, NY$62,430$35,160$89,190
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$62,370$31,200$109,410
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$62,320$37,440$140,440
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$62,290$32,660$90,330
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$62,100$31,050$102,110
Missoula, MT$62,040$32,140$98,470
Eagle Pass, TX$61,960$29,730$107,240
Janesville-Beloit, WI$61,940$28,960$90,810
Lexington Park, MD$61,920$34,230$119,020
St. Cloud, MN$61,900$33,870$96,860
Logan, UT-ID$61,860$27,370$84,630
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$61,860$36,290$102,170
Muncie, IN$61,820$30,890$89,070
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$61,820$36,880$89,290
Modesto, CA$61,720$36,280$116,590
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$61,670$32,140$89,590
Fort Wayne, IN$61,450$31,110$87,420
Yakima, WA$61,440$36,770$104,360
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$61,390$41,170$94,890
Port St. Lucie, FL$61,380$32,760$115,250
New Haven, CT$61,370$35,810$101,930
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$61,370$34,240$95,960
Sherman-Denison, TX$61,370$26,970$93,400
Helena, MT$61,360$37,700$88,090
Punta Gorda, FL$61,320$35,400$93,960
Salisbury, MD$61,240$35,570$98,490
Naples-Marco Island, FL$61,220$31,980$98,060
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$61,170$35,360$101,850
Boulder, CO$60,940$35,820$113,030
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$60,920$35,970$104,310
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$60,920$31,220$93,610
Odessa, TX$60,870$30,410$98,490
Greeley, CO$60,700$34,070$112,470
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$60,690$39,520$124,640
Omaha, NE-IA$60,530$35,720$96,340
Rhode Island$60,420$32,630$96,890
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$60,400$34,750$107,720
Manchester-Nashua, NH$60,370$35,680$96,830
Tyler, TX$60,180$25,600$98,070
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$60,180$36,450$84,840
Grand Junction, CO$60,150$33,860$98,570
Eau Claire, WI$60,140$32,720$99,440
Minnesota$60,060$35,270$101,920
Nebraska$59,990$32,890$92,610
New Hampshire$59,970$35,840$93,250
Bozeman, MT$59,940$35,390$92,020
Merced, CA$59,700$35,550$115,440
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$59,700$31,420$90,650
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$59,680$29,390$90,500
Syracuse, NY$59,600$34,320$98,030
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$59,520$36,370$103,600
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$59,480$26,730$80,070
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$59,470$37,430$100,920
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$59,450$35,820$91,090
Lewiston, ID-WA$59,400$33,860$91,990
Ithaca, NY$59,220$34,480$99,720
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$59,170$29,930$78,570
Mankato, MN$59,070$31,170$95,420
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$59,050$32,140$93,980
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$59,030$35,350$100,770
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$58,980$33,890$105,270
Pittsfield, MA$58,960$34,600$93,770
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$58,900$36,390$107,580
Wisconsin$58,880$31,280$94,350
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$58,820$29,030$77,730
Akron, OH$58,800$29,470$88,800
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$58,720$38,150$82,340
Springfield, MA$58,710$35,180$91,480
Flagstaff, AZ$58,690$35,190$101,630
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$58,650$34,320$97,390
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$58,580$35,550$88,170
North Dakota$58,570$29,810$91,850
Montana$58,560$35,150$88,960
Reno, NV$58,540$34,480$105,440
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$58,450$33,860$90,690
Napa, CA$58,390$38,960$136,090
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$58,290$33,580$89,500
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$58,270$31,200$87,860
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$58,270$34,430$83,520
Rochester, NY$58,210$33,770$100,270
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$58,210$35,570$109,160
Coeur d'Alene, ID$58,180$37,060$95,430
Connecticut$58,140$35,240$100,770
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$58,080$32,800$90,540
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$58,000$33,680$91,420
Corvallis, OR$57,890$33,460$108,330
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$57,860$34,460$111,360
Burlington, NC$57,840$31,030$83,310
Oregon$57,810$36,300$102,920
Grants Pass, OR$57,810$35,170$94,000
Maryland$57,780$34,360$114,830
Billings, MT$57,610$35,150$84,310
State College, PA$57,510$31,420$97,360
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$57,510$35,280$92,250
Duluth, MN-WI$57,470$31,710$95,550
Lima, OH$57,350$30,370$75,990
Tuscaloosa, AL$57,340$30,430$87,530
Lebanon, PA$57,210$29,860$102,360
Minot, ND$57,050$30,160$88,800
Pueblo, CO$57,010$34,510$89,780
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$57,010$38,330$122,990
Colorado$56,850$35,820$109,340
Toledo, OH$56,820$29,320$89,980
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$56,770$29,430$92,790
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$56,740$36,950$95,640
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$56,680$37,440$80,270
Saginaw, MI$56,660$32,090$80,140
Hawaii$56,600$35,460$110,660
Cheyenne, WY$56,540$30,650$87,640
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$56,540$36,180$90,870
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$56,490$41,520$139,410
Mansfield, OH$56,230$34,850$74,780
New York$56,150$35,990$106,510
Bay City, MI$56,130$25,690$83,760
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$56,120$24,960$84,520
New Jersey$56,110$34,470$129,520
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$56,080$31,310$94,620
York-Hanover, PA$56,040$29,850$101,490
Chico, CA$56,020$35,120$105,000
Ames, IA$56,000$31,260$87,140
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$55,940$29,940$80,730
St. George, UT$55,690$28,210$91,760
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$55,690$44,130$163,670
Ann Arbor, MI$55,620$33,460$87,070
Cleveland, OH$55,620$29,660$91,420
Iowa City, IA$55,600$35,150$92,760
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$55,580$37,120$122,140
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$55,560$32,970$80,140
California$55,500$36,870$129,370
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$55,470$30,030$87,880
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$55,410$34,280$119,290
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$55,250$36,450$114,980
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$55,230$33,860$96,620
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$55,140$30,250$98,400
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$55,080$35,820$76,640
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$55,060$31,200$86,610
Champaign-Urbana, IL$55,020$30,760$104,370
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$54,970$33,830$103,270
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$54,770$33,720$102,390
Rockford, IL$54,730$31,070$97,860
Illinois$54,720$35,010$111,870
Colorado Springs, CO$54,710$34,190$96,550
Fargo, ND-MN$54,700$31,200$97,710
Topeka, KS$54,620$32,670$92,990
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$54,600$28,910$92,560
Columbus, OH$54,520$30,720$104,430
Green Bay, WI$54,490$30,860$95,680
Pocatello, ID$54,480$33,270$83,740
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$54,390$29,960$86,190
Amarillo, TX$54,330$27,270$81,880
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$54,330$28,310$92,730
Wichita Falls, TX$54,330$30,480$84,640
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$54,330$35,870$107,240
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$54,330$33,140$104,330
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$54,130$31,200$85,440
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$54,060$29,200$92,560
Morgantown, WV$54,040$31,310$92,730
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$53,980$27,560$89,110
Tucson, AZ$53,920$33,000$106,230
Idaho$53,860$32,490$92,420
Greenville, NC$53,850$31,170$75,260
Boise City, ID$53,790$32,690$92,710
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$53,780$35,710$123,660
Kansas City, MO-KS$53,780$31,640$93,340
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$53,780$33,790$82,080
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$53,760$35,630$86,230
Gettysburg, PA$53,730$29,650$117,600
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$53,700$35,920$119,650
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$53,650$30,840$80,140
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$53,560$27,420$94,290
Abilene, TX$53,520$40,370$95,110
Dubuque, IA$53,510$29,350$86,330
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$53,510$31,980$77,220
Oklahoma City, OK$53,150$28,860$100,450
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$53,140$28,030$80,540
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$53,140$31,110$76,440
Killeen-Temple, TX$53,080$29,740$79,920
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$53,060$31,130$78,500
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$53,050$31,920$95,640
Twin Falls, ID$53,050$26,470$84,390
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$53,000$38,010$106,530
Victoria, TX$52,890$26,370$77,380
Ohio$52,710$29,750$95,050
Rapid City, SD$52,690$34,420$75,300
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$52,670$34,940$94,110
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$52,620$33,610$74,360
Binghamton, NY$52,560$31,720$96,210
Sebring, FL$52,500$28,650$74,270
Vermont$52,460$36,490$89,110
Yuba City, CA$52,420$35,490$96,980
Peoria, IL$52,400$30,280$100,490
Yuma, AZ$52,370$36,340$98,550
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$52,310$36,850$94,450
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$52,310$36,490$82,350
Richmond, VA$52,270$29,230$93,440
Lubbock, TX$52,250$28,180$98,480
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$52,240$35,880$81,390
Tallahassee, FL$52,190$32,760$93,190
Delaware$52,190$34,970$97,180
Maine$52,150$35,290$80,970
Ogden, UT$52,120$30,340$95,570
Michigan$52,100$29,690$87,610
Dover, DE$52,080$33,470$111,460
San Angelo, TX$52,010$34,310$87,690
Stockton-Lodi, CA$52,000$35,980$111,380
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$52,000$32,620$107,290
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$51,910$28,720$84,350
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$51,870$29,040$76,920
Wyoming$51,850$30,650$82,030
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$51,780$30,580$82,090
Jacksonville, NC$51,750$30,760$78,020
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$51,740$30,290$82,190
Bismarck, ND$51,590$30,710$79,310
Visalia, CA$51,570$34,410$105,220
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$51,570$31,550$85,810
Portland-South Portland, ME$51,530$35,460$81,600
Wausau, WI$51,520$30,380$83,120
Ocala, FL$51,440$33,720$86,750
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$51,430$30,400$78,880
Iowa$51,420$31,420$91,630
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$51,410$29,120$75,310
Dalton, GA$51,360$34,310$75,540
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$51,310$30,720$79,540
St. Louis, MO-IL$51,200$31,630$93,760
Virginia$51,150$31,270$95,150
Kokomo, IN$51,150$25,110$84,740
Las Cruces, NM$51,150$31,200$107,240
Urban Honolulu, HI$51,110$33,340$110,660
Springfield, IL$51,040$31,210$97,290
Texarkana, TX-AR$51,020$34,340$72,380
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$51,020$29,710$100,390
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$51,020$32,350$76,440
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$51,020$36,450$74,160
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$51,000$28,870$78,740
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$50,950$28,810$99,910
Arizona$50,940$34,790$97,470
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$50,940$33,150$90,370
Santa Fe, NM$50,840$34,100$98,240
Utah$50,790$31,160$97,190
Battle Creek, MI$50,740$31,930$81,490
Traverse City, MI$50,690$35,410$79,790
Chambersburg, PA$50,630$29,960$84,060
Lawrence, KS$50,630$29,720$90,890
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$50,610$32,220$80,140
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$50,580$29,750$76,610
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$50,560$29,430$81,470
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$50,530$30,520$95,740
Texas$50,440$28,530$96,040
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$50,430$32,740$80,690
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$50,410$32,430$71,640
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$50,380$32,340$76,900
Bangor, ME$50,370$33,900$80,600
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$50,340$30,430$81,430
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$50,300$34,330$102,070
Appleton, WI$50,180$29,870$95,010
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$50,090$32,960$87,030
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$49,970$29,440$96,050
South Dakota$49,970$31,920$78,350
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$49,950$35,650$72,180
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$49,900$31,480$88,940
Wheeling, WV-OH$49,860$27,530$69,990
Indiana$49,800$30,920$88,290
Eugene-Springfield, OR$49,800$34,900$93,710
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$49,800$30,890$76,500
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$49,750$34,170$95,010
Kankakee, IL$49,730$31,050$91,290
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$49,710$31,960$104,630
College Station-Bryan, TX$49,670$25,990$90,990
Waco, TX$49,660$28,790$91,490
Erie, PA$49,620$29,360$105,660
New Mexico$49,610$31,280$91,520
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$49,610$33,380$91,520
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$49,580$35,920$114,380
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$49,570$31,620$82,920
Charlottesville, VA$49,530$27,390$78,980
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$49,450$29,060$86,220
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$49,430$30,590$78,190
Monroe, MI$49,350$31,250$76,690
Lake Charles, LA$49,340$28,900$73,270
Springfield, OH$49,280$28,650$80,430
Hinesville, GA$49,280$33,790$77,440
El Paso, TX$49,250$23,620$107,240
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$49,230$29,940$70,530
Sandusky, OH$49,130$31,200$88,550
Lynchburg, VA$49,130$29,200$85,780
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$49,110$31,520$76,460
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$49,090$35,420$80,250
Rocky Mount, NC$49,080$29,900$78,120
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$49,050$33,950$77,040
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$49,040$28,330$155,110
Gainesville, FL$49,000$32,350$79,330
Greensboro-High Point, NC$49,000$28,760$80,650
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$48,940$32,410$77,090
Great Falls, MT$48,890$35,540$83,420
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$48,860$30,060$88,930
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$48,830$28,680$93,060
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$48,810$31,860$103,310
Altoona, PA$48,770$28,540$85,390
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$48,750$34,950$97,470
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$48,710$31,050$75,350
Reading, PA$48,650$29,970$99,500
Albuquerque, NM$48,620$31,110$86,300
Wilmington, NC$48,620$29,790$75,240
Sumter, SC$48,610$28,870$68,170
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$48,560$31,110$79,970
Clarksville, TN-KY$48,560$29,550$73,880
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$48,550$30,930$128,770
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$48,530$35,260$67,370
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$48,480$30,200$76,940
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$48,470$30,270$93,480
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$48,430$30,230$96,800
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$48,390$33,460$72,800
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$48,260$35,360$83,710
Harrisonburg, VA$48,240$31,220$77,130
Gainesville, GA$48,190$31,510$75,250
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$48,180$31,470$79,070
Corpus Christi, TX$48,160$28,410$89,690
Decatur, AL$48,150$30,650$69,640
Raleigh-Cary, NC$48,120$29,230$87,590
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$48,020$35,960$120,380
Knoxville, TN$48,000$29,480$77,640
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$47,990$30,370$66,060
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$47,910$28,360$83,950
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$47,880$31,930$67,930
Williamsport, PA$47,860$30,070$87,050
Pennsylvania$47,840$30,770$98,740
Casper, WY$47,840$30,170$82,030
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$47,840$31,370$93,910
Manhattan, KS$47,820$26,550$73,280
Farmington, NM$47,740$30,630$77,800
Winchester, VA-WV$47,680$30,540$75,750
Fayetteville, NC$47,650$28,760$75,690
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$47,550$30,980$93,190
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$47,530$30,750$79,510
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$47,520$30,340$72,200
Youngstown-Warren, OH$47,500$28,810$74,130
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$47,490$26,970$73,190
Springfield, MO$47,490$29,830$83,450
Huntsville, AL$47,490$29,550$79,770
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$47,480$31,000$80,350
Terre Haute, IN$47,430$30,880$74,190
Warner Robins, GA$47,410$31,260$80,230
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$47,370$27,140$73,400
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$47,360$41,630$63,480
Lawton, OK$47,340$28,030$77,880
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$47,340$36,880$125,430
Kansas$47,310$29,730$86,960
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$47,260$29,570$75,180
Florida$47,260$30,830$100,980
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$47,180$30,470$68,100
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$47,120$29,830$68,640
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$47,060$27,620$73,180
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$47,040$31,100$79,550
North Carolina$46,940$29,540$80,240
Tulsa, OK$46,920$27,820$89,380
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$46,910$29,570$89,010
Midland, MI$46,890$30,570$94,530
Jackson, TN$46,880$29,670$74,490
Lancaster, PA$46,840$29,010$102,250
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$46,830$31,110$81,340
Elizabethtown, KY$46,790$28,600$75,960
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$46,760$29,300$79,240
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$46,750$30,980$66,550
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$46,720$29,800$81,280
Missouri$46,700$30,990$90,900
Alexandria, LA$46,670$28,470$86,580
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$46,660$31,500$76,850
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$46,550$26,690$76,250
Tennessee$46,530$29,960$77,320
Spartanburg, SC$46,490$27,460$74,030
Athens-Clarke County, GA$46,480$29,830$82,400
Cedar Rapids, IA$46,420$31,110$85,780
Longview, TX$46,360$27,390$76,440
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$46,310$34,040$72,410
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$46,250$30,770$97,840
Mobile, AL$46,250$28,340$74,990
Wichita, KS$46,230$28,720$80,430
Oklahoma$46,190$28,580$92,790
Lafayette, LA$46,190$26,380$66,370
Roanoke, VA$46,180$29,470$76,930
Auburn-Opelika, AL$46,160$25,620$77,100
Bloomington, IL$46,140$31,350$100,850
West Virginia$46,110$27,790$70,110
Johnstown, PA$46,080$24,030$75,090
Paducah, KY-IL$45,950$29,120$86,840
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$45,930$31,060$106,160
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$45,910$32,520$114,530
Asheville, NC$45,880$30,250$73,340
Georgia$45,870$30,170$78,190
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$45,830$23,760$78,220
Savannah, GA$45,810$26,950$82,300
Canton-Massillon, OH$45,800$27,740$77,290
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$45,760$24,280$59,970
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$45,760$28,740$73,890
Jacksonville, FL$45,760$30,170$86,830
Homosassa Springs, FL$45,720$29,830$68,970
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$45,710$23,880$70,570
Macon-Bibb County, GA$45,700$31,000$77,010
Pittsburgh, PA$45,690$30,190$100,710
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$45,590$27,750$70,710
Chattanooga, TN-GA$45,580$28,230$74,040
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$45,580$29,160$65,740
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$45,580$29,560$79,980
Columbus, GA-AL$45,560$30,930$63,680
Enid, OK$45,500$27,700$90,500
Jefferson City, MO$45,500$34,020$93,660
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$45,470$29,830$65,650
South Carolina$45,400$28,370$74,300
Evansville, IN$45,400$28,740$81,620
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$45,340$30,930$70,980
Goldsboro, NC$45,320$29,700$75,930
Nevada$45,260$31,200$97,740
Morristown, TN$45,240$25,930$66,550
Winston-Salem, NC$45,200$29,190$70,790
Jonesboro, AR$45,140$30,150$59,100
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$45,110$27,680$82,910
Beckley, WV$44,990$21,490$68,760
Montgomery, AL$44,920$27,140$74,660
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$44,910$30,780$77,620
Cleveland, TN$44,820$28,730$72,180
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$44,780$30,260$63,640
Valdosta, GA$44,680$29,570$66,840
Anniston-Oxford, AL$44,510$28,210$74,700
Rome, GA$44,290$30,930$60,250
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$44,290$29,160$67,200
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$44,240$30,990$75,250
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$44,210$34,790$95,420
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$44,040$30,020$63,760
Columbus, IN$44,020$24,540$84,550
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$43,920$31,110$94,560
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$43,730$30,580$75,920
Alabama$43,660$28,140$77,830
Birmingham, AL$43,580$28,170$78,480
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$43,580$28,750$64,220
Niles, MI$43,560$28,600$78,950
Albany, GA$43,520$21,460$66,960
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$43,500$27,130$79,330
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$43,370$29,210$75,630
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$43,340$24,460$104,330
Arkansas$43,330$29,480$69,960
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$43,260$25,830$71,780
Louisiana$43,070$26,470$72,600
Baton Rouge, LA$43,070$28,350$70,870
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$43,060$25,950$67,870
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$43,050$26,190$72,800
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$42,990$27,920$68,760
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$42,990$25,850$73,250
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$42,680$28,300$75,270
Columbia, SC$42,670$28,740$74,030
Florence, SC$42,670$27,620$70,300
St. Joseph, MO-KS$42,660$31,970$72,320
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$42,310$29,160$73,650
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$41,930$25,510$71,070
Fort Smith, AR-OK$41,910$29,580$62,460
Hot Springs, AR$41,860$23,290$58,180
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$41,760$30,490$75,820
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$41,640$31,100$61,280
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$41,440$28,720$69,320
Columbia, MO$41,310$28,750$72,180
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$41,310$29,450$60,140
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$41,310$30,080$62,960
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$41,250$28,130$62,590
Kentucky$41,070$29,050$74,190
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$41,070$28,090$68,260
Joplin, MO-KS$40,940$28,120$65,390
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$40,900$24,610$62,450
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$40,880$29,120$67,420
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$40,640$29,830$76,070
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$40,480$29,280$52,940
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$40,450$27,730$70,300
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$40,450$27,660$72,760
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$40,440$28,170$63,540
Johnson City, TN$40,400$28,050$67,110
Lexington-Fayette, KY$40,400$29,880$76,670
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$40,330$29,300$50,260
Guam$40,270$22,090$80,080
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$40,210$27,640$61,910
Bloomington, IN$40,180$25,780$81,990
Dothan, AL$40,080$23,750$77,940
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$40,000$25,260$69,320
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$39,790$26,550$68,430
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$39,620$27,380$62,240
Virgin Islands$39,560$23,850$74,320
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$39,120$21,490$68,260
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$38,870$23,210$61,360
Bowling Green, KY$38,820$29,290$74,080
Gadsden, AL$38,520$28,530$51,860
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$38,150$28,510$54,480
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$38,110$23,930$95,230
Hattiesburg, MS$38,040$24,260$57,770
Charleston, WV$37,870$28,990$59,270
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$37,670$25,390$65,140
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$37,630$24,760$56,010
Mississippi$37,170$24,490$61,350
Flint, MI$37,070$26,500$72,740
Jackson, MS$36,710$24,430$67,570
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$36,710$22,660$57,340
Owensboro, KY$36,400$29,780$63,090
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$36,360$23,030$58,400
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$36,320$24,060$62,710
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$35,360$24,060$60,230
Monroe, LA$34,860$24,740$62,130
Hammond, LA$31,660$23,510$54,480
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$24,370$19,760$48,870
Ponce, PR$24,020$19,760$36,040
Arecibo, PR$23,270$19,760$34,160
Puerto Rico$22,210$19,760$48,870
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area$21,470$19,760$38,750
Mayaguez, PR$20,790$19,760$30,480
Aguadilla, PR$19,950$19,760$59,950

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Protective Service Occupations make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Protective Service Occupations is $50,580, with a typical range of $32,040 – $104,000 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Protective Service Occupations?β–Ύ

Entry-level Protective Service Occupations positions typically start around $32,040 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Protective Service Occupationss earn the most?β–Ύ

Protective Service Occupationss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.