High paying security and protective service jobs in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT with no degree

The best paid security and protective service occupations in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 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 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT run 2.7% above the national average (2024), so a Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT salary is worth about 0.97× 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

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OccupationMedian, Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$112,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$92,910 – $131,040730
2First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$99,820
Postsecondary nondegree award
$86,410 – $128,280380
3Detectives and Criminal Investigators$98,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$75,130 – $116,180340
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$82,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$65,430 – $102,3502,110
5Firefighters$75,990
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,120 – $85,500930
6First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$47,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,380 – $79,840230
7Crossing Guards and Flaggers$41,140
No formal educational credential
$34,800 – $72,400470
8Security Guards$39,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,260 – $57,0004,130
9Protective Service Workers, All Other$37,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,010 – $81,670330
10Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$35,960
No formal educational credential
$34,010 – $41,450550
11School Bus Monitors$35,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,010 – $49,570680

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

#	Occupation	MedianHartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$112,840	$92,910 – $131,040	730
2	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$99,820	$86,410 – $128,280	380
3	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$98,690	$75,130 – $116,180	340
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,660	$65,430 – $102,350	2,110
5	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$75,990	$49,120 – $85,500	930
6	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,240	$43,380 – $79,840	230
7	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$41,140	$34,800 – $72,400	470
8	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,060	$35,260 – $57,000	4,130
9	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,400	$34,010 – $81,670	330
10	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,960	$34,010 – $41,450	550
11	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,520	$34,010 – $49,570	680

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. 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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