High paying security and protective service jobs in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI. 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI run 0.3% above the national average (2024), so a Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 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.

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, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$98,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$80,230 – $126,6001,680
2Detectives and Criminal Investigators$95,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$78,040 – $174,3501,200
3First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$86,490
Postsecondary nondegree award
$61,680 – $108,3001,000
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$78,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,640 – $90,3907,860
5Transportation Security Screeners$69,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,470 – $76,380680
6Correctional Officers and Jailers$67,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,360 – $77,9902,200
7Firefighters$62,730
Postsecondary nondegree award
$41,120 – $84,3903,520
8First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$56,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $76,690940
9Crossing Guards and Flaggers$37,840
No formal educational credential
$27,070 – $46,4101,120
10Security Guards$37,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,170 – $54,94012,570
11Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$29,540
No formal educational credential
$25,960 – $35,9301,500

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

#	Occupation	MedianDetroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$98,140	$80,230 – $126,600	1,680
2	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$95,820	$78,040 – $174,350	1,200
3	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$86,490	$61,680 – $108,300	1,000
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,450	$50,640 – $90,390	7,860
5	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,640	$44,470 – $76,380	680
6	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,920	$47,360 – $77,990	2,200
7	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,730	$41,120 – $84,390	3,520
8	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,570	$39,520 – $76,690	940
9	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$37,840	$27,070 – $46,410	1,120
10	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,050	$29,170 – $54,940	12,570
11	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$29,540	$25,960 – $35,930	1,500

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI. 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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