High paying security and protective service jobs in Wyoming

Every security and protective service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Wyoming. 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 Wyoming run 7.3% below the national average (2024), so a Wyoming salary is worth about 1.08× 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 Wyoming.

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

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OccupationMedian, Wyoming · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$91,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$66,890 – $113,360430
2Detectives and Criminal Investigators$81,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,230 – $149,280170
3First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$80,260
Postsecondary nondegree award
$61,670 – $120,630150
4First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$70,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$65,210 – $95,660110
5Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$66,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,130 – $76,8401,310
6First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other$65,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,450 – $88,710120
7Transportation Security Screeners$61,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,640 – $73,88090
8Firefighters$58,090
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,550 – $78,760680
9Correctional Officers and Jailers$54,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,340 – $71,010920
10First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$51,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,740 – $89,84090
11Crossing Guards and Flaggers$47,070
No formal educational credential
$32,110 – $47,070160
12Protective Service Workers, All Other$40,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,060 – $68,680590
13Security Guards$39,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,350 – $67,6801,130
14School Bus Monitors$36,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,060 – $46,390330
15Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$29,030
No formal educational credential
$19,820 – $46,830500

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

#	Occupation	MedianWyoming	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$91,400	$66,890 – $113,360	430
2	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,880	$62,230 – $149,280	170
3	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$80,260	$61,670 – $120,630	150
4	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,770	$65,210 – $95,660	110
5	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,140	$57,130 – $76,840	1,310
6	First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,270	$33,450 – $88,710	120
7	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,110	$45,640 – $73,880	90
8	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,090	$39,550 – $78,760	680
9	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,780	$50,340 – $71,010	920
10	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,740	$35,740 – $89,840	90
11	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$47,070	$32,110 – $47,070	160
12	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,330	$33,060 – $68,680	590
13	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,200	$30,350 – $67,680	1,130
14	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,810	$31,060 – $46,390	330
15	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$29,030	$19,820 – $46,830	500

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