High paying security and protective service jobs in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. 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 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA run 1.8% above the national average (2024), so a Providence-Warwick, RI-MA salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$97,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$78,890 – $134,9701,200
2Detectives and Criminal Investigators$88,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$75,910 – $159,140430
3First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$85,540
Postsecondary nondegree award
$72,210 – $98,4901,020
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$76,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,590 – $98,7103,120
5Firefighters$66,150
Postsecondary nondegree award
$50,860 – $76,4302,550
6First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$53,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,710 – $84,990300
7Security Guards$38,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $49,1604,270
8School Bus Monitors$35,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $44,4601,510
9Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$35,310
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $39,710540

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

#	Occupation	MedianProvidence-Warwick, RI-MA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$97,600	$78,890 – $134,970	1,200
2	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$88,450	$75,910 – $159,140	430
3	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$85,540	$72,210 – $98,490	1,020
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,850	$60,590 – $98,710	3,120
5	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$66,150	$50,860 – $76,430	2,550
6	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,560	$46,710 – $84,990	300
7	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,120	$31,200 – $49,160	4,270
8	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,910	$31,200 – $44,460	1,510
9	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,310	$31,200 – $39,710	540

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. 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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