High paying security and protective service jobs in Lansing-East Lansing, MI

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lansing-East Lansing, MI. 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 Lansing-East Lansing, MI run 5.0% below the national average (2024), so a Lansing-East Lansing, MI 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.

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, Lansing-East Lansing, MI · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$94,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$73,080 – $130,940230
2Detectives and Criminal Investigators$86,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$79,520 – $123,820200
3Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$75,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,780 – $96,740920
4First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$72,420
Postsecondary nondegree award
$62,030 – $108,620110
5Correctional Officers and Jailers$58,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,630 – $78,280100
6Firefighters$57,540
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,020 – $82,490410
7Security Guards$38,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,150 – $58,840550
8Crossing Guards and Flaggers$36,410
No formal educational credential
$30,320 – $52,17070
9School Bus Monitors$29,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,450 – $35,210430
10Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$29,440
No formal educational credential
$25,960 – $35,210160

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

#	Occupation	MedianLansing-East Lansing, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$94,150	$73,080 – $130,940	230
2	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$86,510	$79,520 – $123,820	200
3	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,670	$52,780 – $96,740	920
4	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$72,420	$62,030 – $108,620	110
5	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,940	$35,630 – $78,280	100
6	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,540	$37,020 – $82,490	410
7	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,210	$30,150 – $58,840	550
8	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$36,410	$30,320 – $52,170	70
9	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,540	$29,450 – $35,210	430
10	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$29,440	$25,960 – $35,210	160

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Lansing-East Lansing, MI. 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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