High paying security and protective service jobs in Alaska

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Alaska. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single security and protective service job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Alaska run 2.4% above the national average (2024), so a Alaska salary is worth about 0.98× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Alaska.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Alaska · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$137,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$84,850 – $193,610320
2Detectives and Criminal Investigators$114,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$79,680 – $183,680140
3Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$99,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,670 – $137,3401,260
4First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$98,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$82,220 – $131,900300
5First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$92,760
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,250 – $121,640310
6First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other$89,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,230 – $107,970130
7First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$73,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,070 – $99,740260
8Transportation Security Screeners$71,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,180 – $87,510440
9Correctional Officers and Jailers$71,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,340 – $94,930850
10Firefighters$58,830
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,520 – $82,3601,040
11Protective Service Workers, All Other$56,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,210 – $76,000400
12Security Guards$47,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,520 – $76,3502,100
13Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$34,540
No formal educational credential
$24,770 – $45,040340
14School Bus Monitors$33,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,840 – $37,720260

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianAlaska	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$137,320	$84,850 – $193,610	320
2	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$114,940	$79,680 – $183,680	140
3	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$99,130	$60,670 – $137,340	1,260
4	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$98,420	$82,220 – $131,900	300
5	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$92,760	$49,250 – $121,640	310
6	First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$89,170	$62,230 – $107,970	130
7	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,500	$50,070 – $99,740	260
8	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,390	$54,180 – $87,510	440
9	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,360	$60,340 – $94,930	850
10	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,830	$35,520 – $82,360	1,040
11	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,120	$38,210 – $76,000	400
12	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,480	$36,520 – $76,350	2,100
13	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$34,540	$24,770 – $45,040	340
14	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,990	$30,840 – $37,720	260

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Alaska. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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