High paying security and protective service jobs in Delaware

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Delaware. 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 Delaware run 0.2% below the national average (2024), so a Delaware salary is worth about 1.00× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Delaware.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Delaware · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$131,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$98,030 – $190,120410
2Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$92,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,470 – $130,8701,800
3First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$84,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,160 – $104,880240
4Correctional Officers and Jailers$65,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,520 – $79,2601,730
5First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$62,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,000 – $89,460180
6Firefighters$46,710
Postsecondary nondegree award
$41,960 – $72,160560
7School Bus Monitors$36,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $46,690280
8Crossing Guards and Flaggers$36,500
No formal educational credential
$32,690 – $45,500580
9Security Guards$36,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,450 – $73,3903,430
10Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$31,930
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $33,700360

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

#	Occupation	MedianDelaware	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$131,080	$98,030 – $190,120	410
2	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$92,970	$62,470 – $130,870	1,800
3	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$84,760	$59,160 – $104,880	240
4	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,880	$46,520 – $79,260	1,730
5	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,840	$43,000 – $89,460	180
6	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,710	$41,960 – $72,160	560
7	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,560	$31,200 – $46,690	280
8	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$36,500	$32,690 – $45,500	580
9	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,360	$32,450 – $73,390	3,430
10	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$31,930	$31,200 – $33,700	360

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