High paying security and protective service jobs in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN. 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 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN run 3.7% below the national average (2024), so a Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$94,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,050 – $136,7501,050
2First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$80,720
Postsecondary nondegree award
$52,360 – $125,260730
3Detectives and Criminal Investigators$78,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,100 – $149,280660
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$68,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,440 – $93,8204,730
5Transportation Security Screeners$61,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,920 – $67,200460
6Correctional Officers and Jailers$50,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,520 – $61,1602,040
7Firefighters$49,300
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,060 – $71,9102,170
8First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$47,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,750 – $105,160730
9Crossing Guards and Flaggers$41,600
No formal educational credential
$36,260 – $57,620530
10Security Guards$37,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,360 – $56,27010,710
11Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$28,500
No formal educational credential
$24,850 – $31,200620

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

#	Occupation	MedianNashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$94,420	$57,050 – $136,750	1,050
2	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$80,720	$52,360 – $125,260	730
3	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,460	$59,100 – $149,280	660
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,780	$49,440 – $93,820	4,730
5	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,110	$47,920 – $67,200	460
6	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,940	$44,520 – $61,160	2,040
7	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,300	$37,060 – $71,910	2,170
8	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,600	$37,750 – $105,160	730
9	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$41,600	$36,260 – $57,620	530
10	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,010	$30,360 – $56,270	10,710
11	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,500	$24,850 – $31,200	620

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN. 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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