High paying security and protective service jobs in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN. 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 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN run 4.6% below the national average (2024), so a Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$102,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$75,580 – $128,580790
2First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$86,770
Postsecondary nondegree award
$60,790 – $123,630820
3Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$80,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,070 – $98,6303,900
4Bailiffs$59,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,950 – $73,980390
5Firefighters$58,570
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,080 – $75,8203,380
6First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$56,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,030 – $79,200480
7Correctional Officers and Jailers$55,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,920 – $68,0601,610
8Security Guards$36,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,670 – $54,9707,970
9Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$30,320
No formal educational credential
$23,400 – $39,1201,540
10School Bus Monitors$29,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,940 – $62,780350

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

#	Occupation	MedianCincinnati, OH-KY-IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$102,870	$75,580 – $128,580	790
2	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$86,770	$60,790 – $123,630	820
3	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,410	$57,070 – $98,630	3,900
4	BailiffsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,450	$34,950 – $73,980	390
5	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,570	$36,080 – $75,820	3,380
6	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,970	$39,030 – $79,200	480
7	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,460	$45,920 – $68,060	1,610
8	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,110	$29,670 – $54,970	7,970
9	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$30,320	$23,400 – $39,120	1,540
10	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,570	$26,940 – $62,780	350

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN. 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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