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| Career | Median yearly payAll workers · May 2025 | Projected growth2025–35 | Openings per yearprojected, 2025–35 | Typical education to start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security guards No bachelor's needed | $38,020 | +0.9% | 156,000 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers No bachelor's needed | $76,210 | +3.5% | 51,500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers No bachelor's needed | $33,580 | +5.5% | 45,400 | No formal educational credential |
| Correctional officers and jailers No bachelor's needed | $58,940 | -7.4% | 28,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Firefighters Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $59,280 | +3.7% | 26,800 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Protective service workers, all other No bachelor's needed | $42,540 | +3.0% | 22,600 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Crossing guards and flaggers No bachelor's needed | $38,100 | +3.5% | 17,300 | No formal educational credential |
| School bus monitors No bachelor's needed | $35,100 | -1.9% | 13,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| First-line supervisors of police and detectives No bachelor's needed | $106,040 | +3.3% | 10,600 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Detectives and criminal investigators No bachelor's needed | $93,790 | +0.2% | 7,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| First-line supervisors of security workers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $55,940 | +3.7% | 6,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $93,530 | +3.7% | 6,600 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Transportation security screeners No bachelor's needed | $66,770 | -4.2% | 4,500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| First-line supervisors of correctional officers No bachelor's needed | $77,970 | -2.5% | 3,700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Private detectives and investigators Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $51,220 | +5.5% | 3,200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other No bachelor's needed | $76,400 | +1.9% | 1,700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Bailiffs No bachelor's needed | $56,600 | -1.9% | 1,600 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Fire inspectors and investigators Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $75,920 | +4.2% | 1,600 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Animal control workers No bachelor's needed | $45,660 | +4.0% | 1,500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Gambling surveillance officers and gambling investigators No bachelor's needed | $43,370 | -1.8% | 1,100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Parking enforcement workers No bachelor's needed | $46,730 | -1.1% | 800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Fish and game wardens | $74,060 | -5.7% | 500 | Bachelor's degree |
| Forest fire inspectors and prevention specialists Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $56,870 | +13.1% | 400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Transit and railroad police No bachelor's needed | $90,230 | +3.2% | 300 | High school diploma or equivalent |
Median yearly pay is from May 2025, for all workers at every experience level: half earn more, half less. Growth and openings are BLS projections for 2025 to 2035; openings include jobs that come open as people retire or change careers.
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