High paying security and protective service jobs in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX. 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 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX run 5.3% below the national average (2024), so a San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX salary is worth about 1.06× 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, San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$105,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$71,120 – $168,480360
2Detectives and Criminal Investigators$83,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,440 – $138,1101,670
3First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$79,450
Postsecondary nondegree award
$59,930 – $101,440790
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$73,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,410 – $94,7205,130
5Firefighters$63,360
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,560 – $71,0702,910
6Correctional Officers and Jailers$51,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,270 – $60,1602,040
7First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$44,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,480 – $78,050710
8Crossing Guards and Flaggers$38,160
No formal educational credential
$27,180 – $38,160370
9Security Guards$35,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,760 – $45,37011,420
10Protective Service Workers, All Other$32,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,130 – $42,7601,200
11Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$28,870
No formal educational credential
$21,990 – $33,0501,500

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

#	Occupation	MedianSan Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$105,110	$71,120 – $168,480	360
2	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$83,830	$52,440 – $138,110	1,670
3	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$79,450	$59,930 – $101,440	790
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,860	$57,410 – $94,720	5,130
5	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$63,360	$45,560 – $71,070	2,910
6	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,310	$45,270 – $60,160	2,040
7	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,540	$22,480 – $78,050	710
8	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$38,160	$27,180 – $38,160	370
9	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,270	$27,760 – $45,370	11,420
10	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,470	$28,130 – $42,760	1,200
11	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,870	$21,990 – $33,050	1,500

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX. 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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