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

The best paid security and protective service occupations in Mississippi 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 Mississippi run 13.0% below the national average (2024), so a Mississippi salary is worth about 1.15× 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 Mississippi.

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

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OccupationMedian, Mississippi · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$59,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,590 – $86,9602,060
2Detectives and Criminal Investigators$58,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,260 – $136,120810
3First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$48,250
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,410 – $72,9001,550
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$46,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,230 – $61,5508,070
5First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$43,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,900 – $71,260670
6Correctional Officers and Jailers$38,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,540 – $55,5804,040
7Firefighters$35,880
Postsecondary nondegree award
$26,850 – $51,3102,920
8Security Guards$29,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,690 – $42,58010,160
9School Bus Monitors$23,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$16,910 – $34,280540

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

#	Occupation	MedianMississippi	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,860	$45,590 – $86,960	2,060
2	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,640	$41,260 – $136,120	810
3	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,250	$35,410 – $72,900	1,550
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,140	$33,230 – $61,550	8,070
5	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,410	$28,900 – $71,260	670
6	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,720	$27,540 – $55,580	4,040
7	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$35,880	$26,850 – $51,310	2,920
8	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,180	$21,690 – $42,580	10,160
9	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,500	$16,910 – $34,280	540

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