High paying security and protective service jobs in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL. 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL run 2.7% below the national average (2024), so a Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL salary is worth about 1.03× 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, Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$97,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$67,200 – $128,650100
2First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$77,330
Postsecondary nondegree award
$55,450 – $116,40070
3Detectives and Criminal Investigators$65,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,510 – $147,66090
4Transportation Security Screeners$63,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,330 – $67,20060
5Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$58,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,490 – $86,910440
6First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$53,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,850 – $66,870140
7Private Detectives and Investigators$48,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,560 – $76,79040
8Correctional Officers and Jailers$47,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,760 – $58,990410
9Firefighters$46,580
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,570 – $72,140250
10Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$35,800
No formal educational credential
$33,500 – $44,55080
11Security Guards$35,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,870 – $44,950450
12Crossing Guards and Flaggers$33,890
No formal educational credential
$27,040 – $47,63040

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

#	Occupation	MedianPanama City-Panama City Beach, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$97,180	$67,200 – $128,650	100
2	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$77,330	$55,450 – $116,400	70
3	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,040	$54,510 – $147,660	90
4	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,130	$40,330 – $67,200	60
5	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,750	$45,490 – $86,910	440
6	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,830	$51,850 – $66,870	140
7	Private Detectives and InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,630	$36,560 – $76,790	40
8	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,130	$45,760 – $58,990	410
9	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,580	$33,570 – $72,140	250
10	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,800	$33,500 – $44,550	80
11	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,060	$28,870 – $44,950	450
12	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$33,890	$27,040 – $47,630	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL. 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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