High paying security and protective service jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY. 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 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY run 0.4% below the national average (2024), so a Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY salary is worth about 1.00× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

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

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OccupationMedian, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$118,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$83,130 – $151,020660
2Detectives and Criminal Investigators$99,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,670 – $124,860960
3First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$84,280
Postsecondary nondegree award
$58,320 – $125,150210
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$78,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,240 – $100,2701,770
5Bailiffs$74,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,180 – $95,900190
6Firefighters$70,840
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,660 – $82,190480
7First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$64,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,440 – $91,120160
8Transportation Security Screeners$63,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,090 – $69,350160
9Correctional Officers and Jailers$59,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,450 – $78,410600
10Security Guards$43,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,290 – $59,1402,340
11Crossing Guards and Flaggers$40,060
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $87,070230
12School Bus Monitors$34,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $43,730690
13Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$32,240
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $37,340440

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

#	Occupation	MedianAlbany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$118,150	$83,130 – $151,020	660
2	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$99,010	$62,670 – $124,860	960
3	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$84,280	$58,320 – $125,150	210
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,240	$50,240 – $100,270	1,770
5	BailiffsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,030	$50,180 – $95,900	190
6	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$70,840	$46,660 – $82,190	480
7	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,000	$45,440 – $91,120	160
8	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,040	$47,090 – $69,350	160
9	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,970	$56,450 – $78,410	600
10	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,250	$35,290 – $59,140	2,340
11	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$40,060	$32,240 – $87,070	230
12	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,780	$32,240 – $43,730	690
13	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$32,240	$32,240 – $37,340	440

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY. 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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