High paying security and protective service jobs in New Haven, CT

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in New Haven, CT. 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 New Haven, CT run 4.6% above the national average (2024), so a New Haven, CT salary is worth about 0.96× 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, New Haven, CT · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$106,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$94,600 – $155,800470
2Detectives and Criminal Investigators$96,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$83,340 – $191,440180
3First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$95,620
Postsecondary nondegree award
$83,780 – $122,770250
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$82,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,710 – $105,0301,300
5Firefighters$79,380
Postsecondary nondegree award
$63,600 – $86,150570
6First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$66,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,280 – $94,70090
7Security Guards$45,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,860 – $72,1801,560
8Crossing Guards and Flaggers$43,460
No formal educational credential
$34,010 – $69,610230
9Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$35,800
No formal educational credential
$34,010 – $37,400230
10School Bus Monitors$34,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,010 – $45,290240

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew Haven, CT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$106,400	$94,600 – $155,800	470
2	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$96,790	$83,340 – $191,440	180
3	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$95,620	$83,780 – $122,770	250
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,170	$61,710 – $105,030	1,300
5	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$79,380	$63,600 – $86,150	570
6	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,540	$46,280 – $94,700	90
7	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,060	$35,860 – $72,180	1,560
8	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$43,460	$34,010 – $69,610	230
9	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,800	$34,010 – $37,400	230
10	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,790	$34,010 – $45,290	240

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in New Haven, CT. 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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