High paying security and protective service jobs in Reno, NV

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Reno, NV. 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 Reno, NV run 1.0% above the national average (2024), so a Reno, NV salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Reno, NV · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$132,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$79,600 – $182,310280
2First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$113,340
Postsecondary nondegree award
$61,140 – $156,510340
3Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$92,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,660 – $125,4001,030
4Firefighters$81,360
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,520 – $121,090780
5Protective Service Workers, All Other$63,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,630 – $98,350150
6Transportation Security Screeners$61,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,400 – $73,610150
7First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$60,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,040 – $81,490170
8Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators$45,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,390 – $55,800100
9Crossing Guards and Flaggers$41,100
No formal educational credential
$32,040 – $64,370120
10Security Guards$39,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,270 – $55,0101,900
11Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$33,640
No formal educational credential
$29,710 – $34,290400

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

#	Occupation	MedianReno, NV	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$132,790	$79,600 – $182,310	280
2	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$113,340	$61,140 – $156,510	340
3	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$92,130	$59,660 – $125,400	1,030
4	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$81,360	$47,520 – $121,090	780
5	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,250	$36,630 – $98,350	150
6	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,340	$50,400 – $73,610	150
7	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,610	$44,040 – $81,490	170
8	Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,150	$37,390 – $55,800	100
9	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$41,100	$32,040 – $64,370	120
10	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,370	$30,270 – $55,010	1,900
11	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$33,640	$29,710 – $34,290	400

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Reno, NV. 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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