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

The best paid security and protective service occupations in Indiana 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 Indiana run 6.7% below the national average (2024), so a Indiana salary is worth about 1.07× 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 Indiana.

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

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OccupationMedian, Indiana · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$88,310
Postsecondary nondegree award
$56,940 – $120,8201,290
2First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$81,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,120 – $127,7001,700
3Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$73,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,170 – $100,01012,980
4Detectives and Criminal Investigators$70,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,480 – $127,7901,280
5Firefighters$62,780
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,460 – $81,8908,530
6First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$61,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,810 – $93,5701,620
7First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$61,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,390 – $84,8101,360
8Correctional Officers and Jailers$48,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,670 – $61,8408,060
9Crossing Guards and Flaggers$37,440
No formal educational credential
$27,970 – $65,1402,230
10Security Guards$36,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,850 – $59,99019,930
11School Bus Monitors$33,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,640 – $38,5002,020
12Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$28,640
No formal educational credential
$22,690 – $33,2803,290

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

#	Occupation	MedianIndiana	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$88,310	$56,940 – $120,820	1,290
2	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,540	$60,120 – $127,700	1,700
3	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,370	$52,170 – $100,010	12,980
4	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,340	$45,480 – $127,790	1,280
5	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,780	$38,460 – $81,890	8,530
6	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,520	$35,810 – $93,570	1,620
7	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,460	$49,390 – $84,810	1,360
8	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,340	$41,670 – $61,840	8,060
9	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$37,440	$27,970 – $65,140	2,230
10	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,490	$29,850 – $59,990	19,930
11	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,590	$27,640 – $38,500	2,020
12	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,640	$22,690 – $33,280	3,290

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