High paying security and protective service jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL with no degree

The best paid security and protective service occupations in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL run 14.2% above the national average (2024), so a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL salary is worth about 0.88× 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, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$127,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$83,200 – $170,1302,740
2First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$120,390
Postsecondary nondegree award
$77,120 – $157,3503,740
3Detectives and Criminal Investigators$99,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,580 – $173,0102,110
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$79,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,600 – $115,69014,710
5Firefighters$75,710
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,530 – $116,3906,600
6Correctional Officers and Jailers$66,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,260 – $97,8305,010
7Transportation Security Screeners$65,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,910 – $73,7603,250
8Private Detectives and Investigators$54,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,470 – $102,0301,030
9Protective Service Workers, All Other$52,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,550 – $77,000900
10First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$47,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,290 – $78,3002,900
11Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$37,230
No formal educational credential
$28,640 – $47,2802,730
12Security Guards$36,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,070 – $45,71041,530
13Crossing Guards and Flaggers$35,750
No formal educational credential
$29,930 – $42,9401,570

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

#	Occupation	MedianMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$127,570	$83,200 – $170,130	2,740
2	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$120,390	$77,120 – $157,350	3,740
3	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$99,080	$60,580 – $173,010	2,110
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,840	$61,600 – $115,690	14,710
5	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$75,710	$48,530 – $116,390	6,600
6	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,770	$48,260 – $97,830	5,010
7	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,080	$42,910 – $73,760	3,250
8	Private Detectives and InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,720	$35,470 – $102,030	1,030
9	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,190	$36,550 – $77,000	900
10	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,720	$38,290 – $78,300	2,900
11	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$37,230	$28,640 – $47,280	2,730
12	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,040	$30,070 – $45,710	41,530
13	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$35,750	$29,930 – $42,940	1,570

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. 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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