High paying security and protective service jobs in Jacksonville, FL

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Jacksonville, FL. 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 Jacksonville, FL run 0.5% below the national average (2024), so a Jacksonville, FL salary is worth about 1.01× 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, Jacksonville, FL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$123,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$79,520 – $166,030670
2First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$100,810
Postsecondary nondegree award
$64,540 – $122,090940
3Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$78,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,690 – $95,0002,800
4Detectives and Criminal Investigators$74,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,790 – $171,250540
5Transportation Security Screeners$62,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,870 – $67,200240
6Correctional Officers and Jailers$61,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,760 – $79,8901,060
7Firefighters$58,940
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,990 – $89,8402,060
8Bailiffs$57,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,140 – $62,910250
9Private Detectives and Investigators$48,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,790 – $81,720310
10First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$44,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,240 – $74,810560
11Crossing Guards and Flaggers$38,560
No formal educational credential
$31,460 – $40,030530
12Security Guards$35,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,730 – $47,2707,430
13Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$33,500
No formal educational credential
$27,960 – $45,240750
14School Bus Monitors$29,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,210 – $36,460600

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

#	Occupation	MedianJacksonville, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$123,290	$79,520 – $166,030	670
2	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$100,810	$64,540 – $122,090	940
3	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,810	$58,690 – $95,000	2,800
4	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,580	$60,790 – $171,250	540
5	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,160	$43,870 – $67,200	240
6	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,770	$45,760 – $79,890	1,060
7	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,940	$38,990 – $89,840	2,060
8	BailiffsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,530	$32,140 – $62,910	250
9	Private Detectives and InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,060	$31,790 – $81,720	310
10	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,140	$33,240 – $74,810	560
11	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$38,560	$31,460 – $40,030	530
12	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,340	$29,730 – $47,270	7,430
13	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$33,500	$27,960 – $45,240	750
14	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,390	$28,210 – $36,460	600

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