High paying security and protective service jobs in Bismarck, ND

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Bismarck, ND. 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 Bismarck, ND run 9.0% below the national average (2024), so a Bismarck, ND salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Bismarck, ND · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$98,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$77,750 – $122,12070
2First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$76,450
Postsecondary nondegree award
$63,820 – $111,99040
3Detectives and Criminal Investigators$64,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,120 – $121,850110
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$63,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,660 – $89,670270
5Transportation Security Screeners$61,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,210 – $69,24040
6Protective Service Workers, All Other$54,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,990 – $77,15080
7Correctional Officers and Jailers$51,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,690 – $59,090300
8Firefighters$47,440
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,260 – $59,220140
9Security Guards$36,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,880 – $52,350380
10Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$29,030
No formal educational credential
$22,690 – $33,47090

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

#	Occupation	MedianBismarck, ND	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$98,300	$77,750 – $122,120	70
2	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$76,450	$63,820 – $111,990	40
3	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,640	$50,120 – $121,850	110
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,230	$56,660 – $89,670	270
5	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,110	$50,210 – $69,240	40
6	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,620	$43,990 – $77,150	80
7	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,130	$47,690 – $59,090	300
8	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,440	$39,260 – $59,220	140
9	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,130	$30,880 – $52,350	380
10	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$29,030	$22,690 – $33,470	90

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