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

The best paid security and protective service occupations in Kansas 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 Kansas run 9.9% below the national average (2024), so a Kansas salary is worth about 1.11× 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 Kansas.

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

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OccupationMedian, Kansas · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$82,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,410 – $124,6402,330
2First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$78,880
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,470 – $127,3401,450
3Detectives and Criminal Investigators$75,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,610 – $114,0301,060
4First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$71,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,030 – $95,2301,080
5Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$59,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,040 – $90,5306,130
6First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$57,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,720 – $87,530480
7Correctional Officers and Jailers$56,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,000 – $64,9403,380
8Firefighters$45,900
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,810 – $76,1103,360
9Security Guards$37,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,590 – $51,8907,150
10School Bus Monitors$29,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,090 – $35,4001,240
11Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$27,220
No formal educational credential
$21,100 – $32,7201,750

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

#	Occupation	MedianKansas	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,950	$58,410 – $124,640	2,330
2	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$78,880	$46,470 – $127,340	1,450
3	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,740	$49,610 – $114,030	1,060
4	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,590	$50,030 – $95,230	1,080
5	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,230	$42,040 – $90,530	6,130
6	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,960	$37,720 – $87,530	480
7	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,120	$37,000 – $64,940	3,380
8	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,900	$32,810 – $76,110	3,360
9	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,080	$29,590 – $51,890	7,150
10	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,420	$26,090 – $35,400	1,240
11	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$27,220	$21,100 – $32,720	1,750

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