High paying security and protective service jobs in Billings, MT with no degree
The best paid security and protective service occupations in Billings, MT 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 Billings, MT run 6.5% below the national average (2024), so a Billings, MT salary is worth about 1.07× 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
High school diploma or equivalent
$77,510 – $153,67070Postsecondary nondegree award
$75,600 – $103,64050High school diploma or equivalent
$58,010 – $149,28070High school diploma or equivalent
$59,850 – $82,760320Postsecondary nondegree award
$51,990 – $71,880130High school diploma or equivalent
$40,670 – $67,20080High school diploma or equivalent
$44,460 – $60,030200High school diploma or equivalent
$28,970 – $54,620230High school diploma or equivalent
$27,330 – $60,31060
Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.
| # | Occupation | MedianBillings, MT | 10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent | $95,530 | $77,510 – $153,670 | 70 |
| 2 | First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award | $84,190 | $75,600 – $103,640 | 50 |
| 3 | Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $72,880 | $58,010 – $149,280 | 70 |
| 4 | Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $72,070 | $59,850 – $82,760 | 320 |
| 5 | FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award | $68,100 | $51,990 – $71,880 | 130 |
| 6 | Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $61,110 | $40,670 – $67,200 | 80 |
| 7 | Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $49,110 | $44,460 – $60,030 | 200 |
| 8 | Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $38,040 | $28,970 – $54,620 | 230 |
| 9 | Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent | $30,830 | $27,330 – $60,310 | 60 |
Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Billings, MT. 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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