High paying security and protective service jobs in Cleveland, OH

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Cleveland, OH. 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 Cleveland, OH run 6.1% below the national average (2024), so a Cleveland, OH salary is worth about 1.06× 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, Cleveland, OH · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$101,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$79,240 – $127,3201,220
2Detectives and Criminal Investigators$89,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,170 – $169,620440
3First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$86,250
Postsecondary nondegree award
$62,960 – $117,1801,010
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$80,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,330 – $93,3605,200
5Firefighters$62,720
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,770 – $78,6503,660
6Correctional Officers and Jailers$59,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,170 – $68,3902,390
7First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$56,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,940 – $85,380400
8Bailiffs$53,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,120 – $80,890350
9Protective Service Workers, All Other$45,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,580 – $62,390560
10Security Guards$35,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,750 – $56,5107,630
11Crossing Guards and Flaggers$34,450
No formal educational credential
$24,610 – $48,570580
12Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$28,800
No formal educational credential
$24,060 – $35,0301,630

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

#	Occupation	MedianCleveland, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$101,190	$79,240 – $127,320	1,220
2	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$89,300	$62,170 – $169,620	440
3	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$86,250	$62,960 – $117,180	1,010
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,280	$51,330 – $93,360	5,200
5	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,720	$35,770 – $78,650	3,660
6	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,370	$47,170 – $68,390	2,390
7	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,760	$37,940 – $85,380	400
8	BailiffsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,540	$38,120 – $80,890	350
9	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,050	$35,580 – $62,390	560
10	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,890	$28,750 – $56,510	7,630
11	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$34,450	$24,610 – $48,570	580
12	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,800	$24,060 – $35,030	1,630

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