High paying security and protective service jobs in Raleigh-Cary, NC

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Raleigh-Cary, NC. 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 Raleigh-Cary, NC run 1.8% below the national average (2024), so a Raleigh-Cary, NC salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Raleigh-Cary, NC · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$102,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$80,270 – $125,320690
2First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$78,470
Postsecondary nondegree award
$52,240 – $103,650840
3Detectives and Criminal Investigators$77,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,030 – $146,720630
4Transportation Security Screeners$65,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,100 – $72,320400
5Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$65,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,620 – $80,8702,430
6First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$61,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,270 – $85,230410
7Correctional Officers and Jailers$54,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,550 – $58,4801,140
8Firefighters$45,640
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,000 – $72,1002,510
9Crossing Guards and Flaggers$35,050
No formal educational credential
$30,960 – $35,350510
10Security Guards$34,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,220 – $65,8304,780
11Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$27,380
No formal educational credential
$23,120 – $34,250990

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

#	Occupation	MedianRaleigh-Cary, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$102,610	$80,270 – $125,320	690
2	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$78,470	$52,240 – $103,650	840
3	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,210	$55,030 – $146,720	630
4	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,940	$42,100 – $72,320	400
5	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,860	$55,620 – $80,870	2,430
6	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,710	$35,270 – $85,230	410
7	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,070	$41,550 – $58,480	1,140
8	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,640	$31,000 – $72,100	2,510
9	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$35,050	$30,960 – $35,350	510
10	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,680	$29,220 – $65,830	4,780
11	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$27,380	$23,120 – $34,250	990

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Raleigh-Cary, NC. 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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