High paying security and protective service jobs in Bangor, ME

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Bangor, ME. 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 Bangor, ME run 3.5% below the national average (2024), so a Bangor, ME salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Bangor, ME · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$89,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$74,860 – $157,27040
2Detectives and Criminal Investigators$88,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$63,290 – $144,89060
3First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$73,720
Postsecondary nondegree award
$50,290 – $94,90060
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$71,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,980 – $97,920270
5Transportation Security Screeners$63,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,940 – $69,24050
6First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$50,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,000 – $77,21040
7Firefighters$48,020
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,430 – $59,950310
8School Bus Monitors$37,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,470 – $46,77050
9Security Guards$36,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,950 – $45,080330
10Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$32,740
No formal educational credential
$30,870 – $37,64050

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

#	Occupation	MedianBangor, ME	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$89,830	$74,860 – $157,270	40
2	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$88,710	$63,290 – $144,890	60
3	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$73,720	$50,290 – $94,900	60
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,340	$50,980 – $97,920	270
5	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,130	$49,940 – $69,240	50
6	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,260	$43,000 – $77,210	40
7	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,020	$34,430 – $59,950	310
8	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,300	$30,470 – $46,770	50
9	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,860	$30,950 – $45,080	330
10	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$32,740	$30,870 – $37,640	50

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Bangor, ME. 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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