High paying security and protective service jobs in Athens-Clarke County, GA

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Athens-Clarke County, GA. 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 Athens-Clarke County, GA run 6.7% below the national average (2024), so a Athens-Clarke County, GA salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Athens-Clarke County, GA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$81,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,100 – $116,57070
2Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$60,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,720 – $75,010570
3Detectives and Criminal Investigators$58,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,090 – $75,05090
4Correctional Officers and Jailers$47,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,430 – $56,31080
5School Bus Monitors$35,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,060 – $38,56090
6Crossing Guards and Flaggers$35,010
No formal educational credential
$20,360 – $58,57060
7Security Guards$33,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,950 – $50,690560
8Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$26,000
No formal educational credential
$24,540 – $31,20080

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

#	Occupation	MedianAthens-Clarke County, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,530	$61,100 – $116,570	70
2	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,710	$41,720 – $75,010	570
3	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,850	$47,090 – $75,050	90
4	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,900	$34,430 – $56,310	80
5	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,520	$31,060 – $38,560	90
6	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$35,010	$20,360 – $58,570	60
7	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,910	$31,950 – $50,690	560
8	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$26,000	$24,540 – $31,200	80

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Athens-Clarke County, GA. 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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