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

The best paid security and protective service occupations in Louisiana 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 Louisiana run 11.8% below the national average (2024), so a Louisiana 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. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Louisiana.

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

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OccupationMedian, Louisiana · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$70,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,810 – $94,9903,120
2Detectives and Criminal Investigators$60,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,020 – $131,7301,740
3First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$59,750
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,730 – $89,0001,810
4First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$58,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,890 – $90,0801,300
5First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$50,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,680 – $80,070890
6Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$48,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,470 – $69,14012,400
7Protective Service Workers, All Other$44,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,940 – $64,1702,370
8Private Detectives and Investigators$41,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,000 – $67,690860
9Correctional Officers and Jailers$39,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,770 – $55,2607,960
10Firefighters$33,120
Postsecondary nondegree award
$22,510 – $56,6705,230
11Security Guards$32,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,660 – $49,04017,210
12School Bus Monitors$25,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$17,020 – $39,3201,170
13Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$22,240
No formal educational credential
$20,480 – $30,990660

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

#	Occupation	MedianLouisiana	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,470	$47,810 – $94,990	3,120
2	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,450	$39,020 – $131,730	1,740
3	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,750	$35,730 – $89,000	1,810
4	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,960	$44,890 – $90,080	1,300
5	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,580	$37,680 – $80,070	890
6	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,380	$36,470 – $69,140	12,400
7	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,410	$27,940 – $64,170	2,370
8	Private Detectives and InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,950	$35,000 – $67,690	860
9	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,850	$30,770 – $55,260	7,960
10	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$33,120	$22,510 – $56,670	5,230
11	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,240	$23,660 – $49,040	17,210
12	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$25,250	$17,020 – $39,320	1,170
13	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$22,240	$20,480 – $30,990	660

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