High paying security and protective service jobs in Savannah, GA

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Savannah, GA. 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 Savannah, GA run 4.8% below the national average (2024), so a Savannah, GA salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Savannah, GA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$82,980
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,030 – $90,390230
2Detectives and Criminal Investigators$72,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,040 – $153,670170
3Transportation Security Screeners$63,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,330 – $67,200130
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$59,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,140 – $77,2501,090
5First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$58,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,660 – $71,26060
6First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$56,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,170 – $80,00080
7Firefighters$50,470
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,490 – $70,560720
8Correctional Officers and Jailers$48,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,300 – $75,810300
9Private Detectives and Investigators$45,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,180 – $62,58060
10Protective Service Workers, All Other$42,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,280 – $79,40060
11Security Guards$34,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,660 – $45,7901,880
12Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$32,400
No formal educational credential
$29,030 – $35,53090
13School Bus Monitors$20,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$16,680 – $33,350180

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

#	Occupation	MedianSavannah, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$82,980	$48,030 – $90,390	230
2	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,460	$51,040 – $153,670	170
3	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,130	$40,330 – $67,200	130
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,930	$44,140 – $77,250	1,090
5	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,810	$49,660 – $71,260	60
6	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,570	$30,170 – $80,000	80
7	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,470	$36,490 – $70,560	720
8	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,450	$39,300 – $75,810	300
9	Private Detectives and InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,960	$38,180 – $62,580	60
10	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,470	$24,280 – $79,400	60
11	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,810	$27,660 – $45,790	1,880
12	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$32,400	$29,030 – $35,530	90
13	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$20,370	$16,680 – $33,350	180

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