High paying security and protective service jobs in Bowling Green, KY with no degree
The best paid security and protective service occupations in Bowling Green, KY 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 Bowling Green, KY run 9.8% below the national average (2024), so a Bowling Green, KY salary is worth about 1.11× 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
$43,080 – $162,45040High school diploma or equivalent
$44,710 – $105,92060High school diploma or equivalent
$38,620 – $75,200360High school diploma or equivalent
$34,910 – $81,23030High school diploma or equivalent
$28,530 – $44,420240Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,250 – $93,600250High school diploma or equivalent
$30,520 – $47,340390No formal educational credential
$18,720 – $32,57090
Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.
| # | Occupation | MedianBowling Green, KY | 10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $79,360 | $43,080 – $162,450 | 40 |
| 2 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent | $77,430 | $44,710 – $105,920 | 60 |
| 3 | Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $60,550 | $38,620 – $75,200 | 360 |
| 4 | First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $48,690 | $34,910 – $81,230 | 30 |
| 5 | Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $41,100 | $28,530 – $44,420 | 240 |
| 6 | FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award | $35,240 | $32,250 – $93,600 | 250 |
| 7 | Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $34,720 | $30,520 – $47,340 | 390 |
| 8 | Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential | $23,430 | $18,720 – $32,570 | 90 |
Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Bowling Green, KY. 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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