High paying security and protective service jobs in Erie, PA

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Erie, PA. 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 Erie, PA run 9.0% below the national average (2024), so a Erie, PA salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Erie, PA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$97,880
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,720 – $117,90050
2First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$97,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$66,420 – $127,230110
3Detectives and Criminal Investigators$96,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$67,200 – $115,210100
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$80,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,360 – $107,650660
5Firefighters$80,280
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,040 – $89,320140
6Correctional Officers and Jailers$51,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,850 – $84,930410
7First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$46,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,240 – $79,80060
8Security Guards$34,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,900 – $50,790840
9Protective Service Workers, All Other$33,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,960 – $52,000120
10Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$32,330
No formal educational credential
$25,620 – $32,330180

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

#	Occupation	MedianErie, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$97,880	$36,720 – $117,900	50
2	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$97,860	$66,420 – $127,230	110
3	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$96,470	$67,200 – $115,210	100
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,860	$47,360 – $107,650	660
5	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$80,280	$39,040 – $89,320	140
6	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,250	$38,850 – $84,930	410
7	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,160	$37,240 – $79,800	60
8	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,530	$29,900 – $50,790	840
9	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,020	$25,960 – $52,000	120
10	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$32,330	$25,620 – $32,330	180

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