High paying security and protective service jobs in Florida

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Florida. 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 Florida run 3.4% above the national average (2024), so a Florida salary is worth about 0.97× 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 Florida.

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

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OccupationMedian, Florida · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$100,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,840 – $157,1609,900
2First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$98,560
Postsecondary nondegree award
$62,520 – $133,4509,540
3Detectives and Criminal Investigators$77,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,050 – $162,4506,440
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$74,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,330 – $98,19043,630
5Transportation Security Screeners$63,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,910 – $71,5706,920
6Firefighters$58,550
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,260 – $93,31024,570
7First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$55,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,850 – $100,7406,480
8Private Detectives and Investigators$50,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,990 – $85,8303,660
9Correctional Officers and Jailers$49,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,760 – $80,50024,280
10First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$47,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,480 – $77,2406,560
11Security Guards$35,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,470 – $46,09095,370
12Crossing Guards and Flaggers$35,730
No formal educational credential
$29,170 – $43,4105,690
13Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$35,040
No formal educational credential
$28,510 – $45,0009,460
14School Bus Monitors$34,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,220 – $39,6504,080

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

#	Occupation	MedianFlorida	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$100,880	$62,840 – $157,160	9,900
2	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$98,560	$62,520 – $133,450	9,540
3	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,060	$50,050 – $162,450	6,440
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,470	$51,330 – $98,190	43,630
5	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,130	$42,910 – $71,570	6,920
6	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,550	$37,260 – $93,310	24,570
7	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,620	$51,850 – $100,740	6,480
8	Private Detectives and InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,640	$35,990 – $85,830	3,660
9	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,710	$45,760 – $80,500	24,280
10	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,140	$37,480 – $77,240	6,560
11	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,900	$29,470 – $46,090	95,370
12	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$35,730	$29,170 – $43,410	5,690
13	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,040	$28,510 – $45,000	9,460
14	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,110	$28,220 – $39,650	4,080

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