High paying security and protective service jobs in Vineland, NJ

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Vineland, NJ. 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 Vineland, NJ run 4.0% below the national average (2024), so a Vineland, NJ salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Vineland, NJ · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$130,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$103,640 – $139,07090
2First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$117,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$105,200 – $138,750210
3Correctional Officers and Jailers$106,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$70,620 – $106,5701,090
4Detectives and Criminal Investigators$102,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$65,060 – $116,30070
5Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$67,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,620 – $115,020260
6Firefighters$55,780
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,030 – $97,54060
7Security Guards$40,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,560 – $62,920390
8Crossing Guards and Flaggers$32,220
No formal educational credential
$32,220 – $32,22060

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

#	Occupation	MedianVineland, NJ	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$130,140	$103,640 – $139,070	90
2	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$117,450	$105,200 – $138,750	210
3	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$106,570	$70,620 – $106,570	1,090
4	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$102,980	$65,060 – $116,300	70
5	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,510	$50,620 – $115,020	260
6	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$55,780	$40,030 – $97,540	60
7	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,260	$33,560 – $62,920	390
8	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$32,220	$32,220 – $32,220	60

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