High paying security and protective service jobs in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV with no degree

The best paid security and protective service occupations in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV 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 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV run 0.2% above the national average (2024), so a Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV salary is worth about 1.00× 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, Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$132,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$109,390 – $163,940780
2Detectives and Criminal Investigators$94,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,920 – $152,480450
3First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$86,830
Postsecondary nondegree award
$78,660 – $129,460590
4Correctional Officers and Jailers$81,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$63,250 – $104,3102,270
5Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$77,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,250 – $101,2604,190
6First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other$77,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,990 – $98,180390
7Transportation Security Screeners$64,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,180 – $68,6601,200
8Firefighters$59,280
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,600 – $78,1301,430
9First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$53,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,900 – $82,1602,240
10Protective Service Workers, All Other$50,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,230 – $76,340680
11Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators$47,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,420 – $61,970660
12Security Guards$37,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,100 – $47,93023,800
13Crossing Guards and Flaggers$31,200
No formal educational credential
$26,770 – $48,0301,290
14Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$30,830
No formal educational credential
$27,710 – $34,5802,080

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

#	Occupation	MedianLas Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$132,100	$109,390 – $163,940	780
2	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$94,470	$60,920 – $152,480	450
3	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$86,830	$78,660 – $129,460	590
4	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,680	$63,250 – $104,310	2,270
5	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,750	$62,250 – $101,260	4,190
6	First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,310	$34,990 – $98,180	390
7	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,500	$41,180 – $68,660	1,200
8	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,280	$47,600 – $78,130	1,430
9	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,160	$35,900 – $82,160	2,240
10	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,930	$34,230 – $76,340	680
11	Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,420	$36,420 – $61,970	660
12	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,210	$29,100 – $47,930	23,800
13	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$26,770 – $48,030	1,290
14	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$30,830	$27,710 – $34,580	2,080

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV. 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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