High paying security and protective service jobs in Macon-Bibb County, GA with no degree
The best paid security and protective service occupations in Macon-Bibb County, GA 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 Macon-Bibb County, GA run 11.5% below the national average (2024), so a Macon-Bibb County, GA 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.
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
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,100 – $103,410220High school diploma or equivalent
$55,640 – $86,690240High school diploma or equivalent
$51,870 – $77,360120Postsecondary nondegree award
$57,270 – $77,860140High school diploma or equivalent
$34,570 – $75,95040High school diploma or equivalent
$39,490 – $59,750410High school diploma or equivalent
$39,240 – $80,190770Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,410 – $56,870450High school diploma or equivalent
$22,030 – $57,400460No formal educational credential
$20,860 – $59,24050
Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.
| # | Occupation | MedianMacon-Bibb County, GA | 10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent | $75,720 | $60,100 – $103,410 | 220 |
| 2 | Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $68,520 | $55,640 – $86,690 | 240 |
| 3 | First-Line Supervisors of Correctional OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $58,810 | $51,870 – $77,360 | 120 |
| 4 | First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award | $57,990 | $57,270 – $77,860 | 140 |
| 5 | First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $53,130 | $34,570 – $75,950 | 40 |
| 6 | Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $48,810 | $39,490 – $59,750 | 410 |
| 7 | Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $46,630 | $39,240 – $80,190 | 770 |
| 8 | FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award | $45,660 | $35,410 – $56,870 | 450 |
| 9 | Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $33,940 | $22,030 – $57,400 | 460 |
| 10 | Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential | $32,370 | $20,860 – $59,240 | 50 |
Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Macon-Bibb County, GA. 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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