High paying security and protective service jobs in Manchester-Nashua, NH

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Manchester-Nashua, NH. 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 Manchester-Nashua, NH run 5.7% above the national average (2024), so a Manchester-Nashua, NH salary is worth about 0.95× 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, Manchester-Nashua, NH · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$106,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$82,730 – $148,760260
2Detectives and Criminal Investigators$101,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$80,140 – $188,97090
3First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$99,930
Postsecondary nondegree award
$77,230 – $128,820140
4Transportation Security Screeners$76,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$69,200 – $87,65080
5Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$73,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,100 – $92,650740
6Private Detectives and Investigators$70,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,350 – $124,150100
7First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$59,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,710 – $94,07090
8Firefighters$58,560
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,290 – $80,190760
9Security Guards$44,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,690 – $57,250810
10Crossing Guards and Flaggers$37,170
No formal educational credential
$33,540 – $45,98090

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

#	Occupation	MedianManchester-Nashua, NH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$106,200	$82,730 – $148,760	260
2	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$101,500	$80,140 – $188,970	90
3	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$99,930	$77,230 – $128,820	140
4	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,130	$69,200 – $87,650	80
5	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,960	$60,100 – $92,650	740
6	Private Detectives and InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,780	$42,350 – $124,150	100
7	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,680	$45,710 – $94,070	90
8	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,560	$37,290 – $80,190	760
9	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,520	$36,690 – $57,250	810
10	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$37,170	$33,540 – $45,980	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Manchester-Nashua, NH. 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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