High paying security and protective service jobs in Greenville, NC with no degree
The best paid security and protective service occupations in Greenville, NC 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 Greenville, NC run 11.6% below the national average (2024), so a Greenville, NC salary is worth about 1.13× 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
$63,810 – $111,290130High school diploma or equivalent
$53,470 – $81,17040Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,580 – $97,33040High school diploma or equivalent
$45,830 – $75,050520High school diploma or equivalent
$48,940 – $68,110140High school diploma or equivalent
$33,980 – $67,30050High school diploma or equivalent
$30,770 – $65,720220Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,360 – $55,660200No formal educational credential
$21,560 – $35,68050
Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.
| # | Occupation | MedianGreenville, NC | 10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent | $74,520 | $63,810 – $111,290 | 130 |
| 2 | Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $61,220 | $53,470 – $81,170 | 40 |
| 3 | First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award | $59,310 | $43,580 – $97,330 | 40 |
| 4 | Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $57,190 | $45,830 – $75,050 | 520 |
| 5 | Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $56,610 | $48,940 – $68,110 | 140 |
| 6 | Private Detectives and InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $51,010 | $33,980 – $67,300 | 50 |
| 7 | Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $36,730 | $30,770 – $65,720 | 220 |
| 8 | FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award | $34,430 | $29,360 – $55,660 | 200 |
| 9 | Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential | $28,930 | $21,560 – $35,680 | 50 |
Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Greenville, NC. 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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