High paying security and protective service jobs in Puerto Rico

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Puerto Rico. 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.

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

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OccupationMedian, Puerto Rico · Employed

1Detectives and Criminal Investigators$70,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,020 – $153,670620
2Transportation Security Screeners$63,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,660 – $67,200610
3First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$50,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,540 – $58,1902,900
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$45,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,500 – $50,24011,640
5Bailiffs$37,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,770 – $47,580830
6Firefighters$37,120
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,000 – $44,1301,780
7Correctional Officers and Jailers$36,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,080 – $42,5403,740
8Protective Service Workers, All Other$26,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $40,900660
9First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$22,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $45,6501,090
10Security Guards$21,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $22,89026,100

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

#	Occupation	MedianPuerto Rico	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,760	$38,020 – $153,670	620
2	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,130	$24,660 – $67,200	610
3	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,300	$35,540 – $58,190	2,900
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,510	$30,500 – $50,240	11,640
5	BailiffsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,770	$35,770 – $47,580	830
6	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,120	$32,000 – $44,130	1,780
7	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,030	$30,080 – $42,540	3,740
8	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,680	$21,840 – $40,900	660
9	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$22,640	$21,840 – $45,650	1,090
10	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$21,840	$21,840 – $22,890	26,100

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Puerto Rico. 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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