High paying security and protective service jobs in Billings, MT

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Billings, MT. 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 Billings, MT run 6.5% below the national average (2024), so a Billings, MT 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, Billings, MT · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$95,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$77,510 – $153,67070
2First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$84,190
Postsecondary nondegree award
$75,600 – $103,64050
3Detectives and Criminal Investigators$72,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,010 – $149,28070
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$72,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,850 – $82,760320
5Firefighters$68,100
Postsecondary nondegree award
$51,990 – $71,880130
6Transportation Security Screeners$61,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,670 – $67,20080
7Correctional Officers and Jailers$49,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,460 – $60,030200
8Security Guards$38,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,970 – $54,620230
9Protective Service Workers, All Other$30,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,330 – $60,31060

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

#	Occupation	MedianBillings, MT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$95,530	$77,510 – $153,670	70
2	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$84,190	$75,600 – $103,640	50
3	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,880	$58,010 – $149,280	70
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,070	$59,850 – $82,760	320
5	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$68,100	$51,990 – $71,880	130
6	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,110	$40,670 – $67,200	80
7	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,110	$44,460 – $60,030	200
8	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,040	$28,970 – $54,620	230
9	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,830	$27,330 – $60,310	60

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