High paying security and protective service jobs in Rapid City, SD

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Rapid City, SD. 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 Rapid City, SD run 10.8% below the national average (2024), so a Rapid City, SD salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Rapid City, SD · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$104,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$78,820 – $132,43040
2Detectives and Criminal Investigators$77,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,740 – $136,12090
3Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$65,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,980 – $79,270370
4Transportation Security Screeners$55,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,640 – $73,32040
5Correctional Officers and Jailers$53,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,370 – $69,410240
6Protective Service Workers, All Other$49,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,330 – $69,24030
7Firefighters$48,160
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,050 – $68,220220
8Security Guards$37,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,750 – $62,770240
9School Bus Monitors$35,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,480 – $35,00040
10Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$34,010
No formal educational credential
$28,750 – $34,010110

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

#	Occupation	MedianRapid City, SD	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$104,480	$78,820 – $132,430	40
2	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,730	$57,740 – $136,120	90
3	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,620	$49,980 – $79,270	370
4	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,530	$45,640 – $73,320	40
5	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,040	$47,370 – $69,410	240
6	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,940	$40,330 – $69,240	30
7	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,160	$36,050 – $68,220	220
8	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,150	$30,750 – $62,770	240
9	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,000	$30,480 – $35,000	40
10	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$34,010	$28,750 – $34,010	110

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Rapid City, SD. 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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