High paying security and protective service jobs in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL. 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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL run 10.9% below the national average (2024), so a Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$110,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$74,390 – $155,990140
2First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$97,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$71,990 – $122,110200
3Detectives and Criminal Investigators$80,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,610 – $165,05060
4First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$76,110
Postsecondary nondegree award
$66,830 – $127,890110
5Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$68,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,480 – $91,300690
6Correctional Officers and Jailers$62,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,560 – $100,790460
7Firefighters$60,080
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,340 – $94,410410
8First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$54,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,780 – $103,10090
9Security Guards$36,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $72,0901,040
10Crossing Guards and Flaggers$34,290
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $95,25080
11Bailiffs$33,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $73,43070
12School Bus Monitors$31,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,750 – $38,510170
13Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$31,200
No formal educational credential
$25,170 – $31,200160

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

#	Occupation	MedianDavenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$110,390	$74,390 – $155,990	140
2	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$97,860	$71,990 – $122,110	200
3	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,180	$50,610 – $165,050	60
4	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$76,110	$66,830 – $127,890	110
5	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,550	$47,480 – $91,300	690
6	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,390	$48,560 – $100,790	460
7	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,080	$38,340 – $94,410	410
8	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,800	$37,780 – $103,100	90
9	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,800	$31,200 – $72,090	1,040
10	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$34,290	$31,200 – $95,250	80
11	BailiffsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,420	$31,200 – $73,430	70
12	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,570	$29,750 – $38,510	170
13	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$25,170 – $31,200	160

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL. 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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