High paying security and protective service jobs in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY. 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 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY run 9.4% above the national average (2024), so a Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY salary is worth about 0.91× 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, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$119,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$98,240 – $150,880330
2Detectives and Criminal Investigators$111,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$70,620 – $133,580270
3First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$94,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$86,850 – $116,040210
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$87,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,970 – $104,3601,360
5Firefighters$76,120
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,300 – $82,580230
6Correctional Officers and Jailers$75,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,570 – $89,0601,990
7Bailiffs$60,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,170 – $93,780140
8First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$57,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,000 – $88,050160
9Security Guards$42,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,950 – $60,1103,080
10Crossing Guards and Flaggers$39,280
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $60,010250
11School Bus Monitors$37,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,590 – $43,810730
12Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$34,320
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $37,510250

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

#	Occupation	MedianKiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$119,320	$98,240 – $150,880	330
2	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$111,860	$70,620 – $133,580	270
3	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$94,950	$86,850 – $116,040	210
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$87,930	$52,970 – $104,360	1,360
5	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$76,120	$48,300 – $82,580	230
6	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,240	$59,570 – $89,060	1,990
7	BailiffsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,660	$47,170 – $93,780	140
8	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,890	$37,000 – $88,050	160
9	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,910	$34,950 – $60,110	3,080
10	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$39,280	$32,240 – $60,010	250
11	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,130	$32,590 – $43,810	730
12	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$34,320	$32,240 – $37,510	250

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY. 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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