High paying security and protective service jobs in Georgia with no degree

The best paid security and protective service occupations in Georgia 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 Georgia run 3.7% below the national average (2024), so a Georgia salary is worth about 1.04× 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 Georgia.

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

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OccupationMedian, Georgia · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$80,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,020 – $118,9707,910
2First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$67,200
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,400 – $96,7503,730
3Transportation Security Screeners$66,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,640 – $71,0701,850
4Detectives and Criminal Investigators$65,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,790 – $149,0305,070
5First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$58,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,740 – $77,7902,310
6Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$58,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,690 – $76,25022,170
7First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$49,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,660 – $91,2702,540
8Correctional Officers and Jailers$47,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,820 – $58,43010,640
9Firefighters$46,550
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,000 – $61,51012,700
10Security Guards$34,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,060 – $48,59036,210
11Crossing Guards and Flaggers$34,230
No formal educational credential
$21,550 – $46,9202,030
12Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$30,880
No formal educational credential
$24,420 – $38,4802,840
13School Bus Monitors$30,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$17,590 – $37,3802,870

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

#	Occupation	MedianGeorgia	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,120	$58,020 – $118,970	7,910
2	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$67,200	$46,400 – $96,750	3,730
3	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,770	$42,640 – $71,070	1,850
4	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,430	$46,790 – $149,030	5,070
5	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,640	$48,740 – $77,790	2,310
6	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,120	$43,690 – $76,250	22,170
7	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,400	$34,660 – $91,270	2,540
8	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,520	$36,820 – $58,430	10,640
9	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,550	$33,000 – $61,510	12,700
10	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,980	$29,060 – $48,590	36,210
11	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$34,230	$21,550 – $46,920	2,030
12	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$30,880	$24,420 – $38,480	2,840
13	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,130	$17,590 – $37,380	2,870

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