High paying security and protective service jobs in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX. 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX run 14.1% below the national average (2024), so a McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX salary is worth about 1.16× 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, McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX · Employed

1Detectives and Criminal Investigators$103,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,730 – $115,2101,600
2First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$88,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,540 – $171,230190
3First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$62,660
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,020 – $96,450150
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$58,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,670 – $85,9801,820
5Firefighters$50,740
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,860 – $64,130390
6Correctional Officers and Jailers$46,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,170 – $57,3301,660
7First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$38,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,970 – $65,050170
8School Bus Monitors$30,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,290 – $37,390130
9Security Guards$29,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,100 – $38,3604,100
10Protective Service Workers, All Other$27,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,070 – $35,170270
11Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$25,420
No formal educational credential
$19,690 – $31,540110

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

#	Occupation	MedianMcAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$103,380	$49,730 – $115,210	1,600
2	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$88,450	$59,540 – $171,230	190
3	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,660	$39,020 – $96,450	150
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,360	$45,670 – $85,980	1,820
5	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,740	$28,860 – $64,130	390
6	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,300	$37,170 – $57,330	1,660
7	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,720	$19,970 – $65,050	170
8	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,180	$20,290 – $37,390	130
9	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,290	$23,100 – $38,360	4,100
10	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,950	$22,070 – $35,170	270
11	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$25,420	$19,690 – $31,540	110

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX. 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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