High paying security and protective service jobs in Eugene-Springfield, OR with no degree
The best paid security and protective service occupations in Eugene-Springfield, OR 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 Eugene-Springfield, OR run 1.6% above the national average (2024), so a Eugene-Springfield, OR salary is worth about 0.98× 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
$98,970 – $156,090100High school diploma or equivalent
$74,510 – $104,460360Postsecondary nondegree award
$82,150 – $113,290120High school diploma or equivalent
$68,300 – $79,630120Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,800 – $81,880300High school diploma or equivalent
$43,870 – $71,28070High school diploma or equivalent
$39,750 – $92,96050No formal educational credential
$37,070 – $73,89090High school diploma or equivalent
$34,010 – $50,980100High school diploma or equivalent
$35,130 – $57,240730No formal educational credential
$30,940 – $35,120120
Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.
| # | Occupation | MedianEugene-Springfield, OR | 10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent | $125,420 | $98,970 – $156,090 | 100 |
| 2 | Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $92,780 | $74,510 – $104,460 | 360 |
| 3 | First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award | $88,840 | $82,150 – $113,290 | 120 |
| 4 | Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $79,630 | $68,300 – $79,630 | 120 |
| 5 | FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award | $72,280 | $38,800 – $81,880 | 300 |
| 6 | Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $63,130 | $43,870 – $71,280 | 70 |
| 7 | First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $57,830 | $39,750 – $92,960 | 50 |
| 8 | Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential | $45,280 | $37,070 – $73,890 | 90 |
| 9 | School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $43,110 | $34,010 – $50,980 | 100 |
| 10 | Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $39,750 | $35,130 – $57,240 | 730 |
| 11 | Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential | $31,330 | $30,940 – $35,120 | 120 |
Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Eugene-Springfield, OR. 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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