High paying security and protective service jobs in Idaho

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Idaho. 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 Idaho run 4.5% below the national average (2024), so a Idaho salary is worth about 1.05× 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 Idaho.

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

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OccupationMedian, Idaho · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$94,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$65,850 – $137,450930
2First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$92,630
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,010 – $129,650520
3Detectives and Criminal Investigators$72,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,120 – $125,550630
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$66,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,840 – $97,9802,810
5Correctional Officers and Jailers$53,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,430 – $74,7202,370
6Firefighters$47,320
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,280 – $81,1902,240
7Crossing Guards and Flaggers$40,060
No formal educational credential
$34,730 – $61,190470
8Security Guards$38,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,030 – $78,6803,750
9School Bus Monitors$32,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,610 – $44,710340
10Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$28,770
No formal educational credential
$23,200 – $33,540750

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

#	Occupation	MedianIdaho	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$94,920	$65,850 – $137,450	930
2	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$92,630	$49,010 – $129,650	520
3	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,520	$53,120 – $125,550	630
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,990	$48,840 – $97,980	2,810
5	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,580	$45,430 – $74,720	2,370
6	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,320	$30,280 – $81,190	2,240
7	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$40,060	$34,730 – $61,190	470
8	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,300	$32,030 – $78,680	3,750
9	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,230	$25,610 – $44,710	340
10	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,770	$23,200 – $33,540	750

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