High paying security and protective service jobs in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA with no degree

The best paid security and protective service occupations in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA that require no bachelor's degree — a high school diploma, a certificate, or an associate's degree is the typical entry. This is the narrowest cut on the site, so it is also the shortest list: where a field has only two or three such occupations, there is no page at all rather than a page pretending otherwise.

Cost of living: prices in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA run 0.1% above the national average (2024), so a Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA salary is worth about 1.00× 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, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$81,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$64,220 – $123,1704,460
2First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$76,490
Postsecondary nondegree award
$52,600 – $103,0101,980
3Detectives and Criminal Investigators$69,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,770 – $139,3003,070
4Transportation Security Screeners$66,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,640 – $71,0701,570
5Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$60,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,700 – $79,28011,310
6Correctional Officers and Jailers$49,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,490 – $59,8502,910
7First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$49,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,720 – $92,8301,750
8Firefighters$47,300
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,920 – $68,6806,350
9Private Detectives and Investigators$45,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,560 – $98,130980
10Security Guards$35,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,000 – $48,01022,730
11Crossing Guards and Flaggers$34,990
No formal educational credential
$30,900 – $47,210980
12Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$31,860
No formal educational credential
$25,650 – $38,9001,910
13School Bus Monitors$30,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,370 – $36,3201,640

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

#	Occupation	MedianAtlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,860	$64,220 – $123,170	4,460
2	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$76,490	$52,600 – $103,010	1,980
3	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,900	$45,770 – $139,300	3,070
4	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,770	$42,640 – $71,070	1,570
5	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,910	$48,700 – $79,280	11,310
6	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,380	$43,490 – $59,850	2,910
7	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,230	$36,720 – $92,830	1,750
8	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,300	$36,920 – $68,680	6,350
9	Private Detectives and InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,080	$37,560 – $98,130	980
10	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,150	$30,000 – $48,010	22,730
11	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$34,990	$30,900 – $47,210	980
12	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$31,860	$25,650 – $38,900	1,910
13	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,130	$20,370 – $36,320	1,640

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, 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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