High paying security and protective service jobs in Utah

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Utah. 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 Utah run 1.1% below the national average (2024), so a Utah salary is worth about 1.01× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Utah.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Utah · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$110,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$82,270 – $135,4901,360
2First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$100,380
Postsecondary nondegree award
$60,130 – $122,490770
3Detectives and Criminal Investigators$78,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,040 – $149,280550
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$77,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,290 – $99,9205,500
5Correctional Officers and Jailers$67,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,700 – $84,6802,050
6Protective Service Workers, All Other$49,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,490 – $133,810910
7Firefighters$48,310
Postsecondary nondegree award
$27,660 – $80,3202,870
8Security Guards$42,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,270 – $56,6207,310
9Crossing Guards and Flaggers$35,480
No formal educational credential
$28,310 – $43,0801,890
10Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$28,720
No formal educational credential
$21,280 – $46,2102,550

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

#	Occupation	MedianUtah	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$110,500	$82,270 – $135,490	1,360
2	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$100,380	$60,130 – $122,490	770
3	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,920	$48,040 – $149,280	550
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,310	$60,290 – $99,920	5,500
5	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,290	$47,700 – $84,680	2,050
6	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,610	$36,490 – $133,810	910
7	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,310	$27,660 – $80,320	2,870
8	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,700	$31,270 – $56,620	7,310
9	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$35,480	$28,310 – $43,080	1,890
10	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,720	$21,280 – $46,210	2,550

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