High paying security and protective service jobs in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC. 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC run 6.4% below the national average (2024), so a Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$87,280
Postsecondary nondegree award
$60,270 – $121,18070
2Detectives and Criminal Investigators$72,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,340 – $95,91090
3Transportation Security Screeners$63,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,330 – $67,200120
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$62,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,440 – $77,670910
5Correctional Officers and Jailers$58,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,950 – $75,550280
6Private Detectives and Investigators$49,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,260 – $89,18060
7Firefighters$45,890
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,230 – $58,970820
8First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$45,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,590 – $81,02050
9Security Guards$31,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,870 – $38,8001,020
10Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$30,270
No formal educational credential
$20,410 – $37,230210

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

#	Occupation	MedianMyrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$87,280	$60,270 – $121,180	70
2	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,060	$61,340 – $95,910	90
3	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,130	$40,330 – $67,200	120
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,070	$51,440 – $77,670	910
5	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,950	$58,950 – $75,550	280
6	Private Detectives and InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,740	$37,260 – $89,180	60
7	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,890	$39,230 – $58,970	820
8	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,520	$34,590 – $81,020	50
9	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,480	$25,870 – $38,800	1,020
10	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$30,270	$20,410 – $37,230	210

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC. 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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