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

The best paid security and protective service occupations in Nevada 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 Nevada run 0.0% below the national average (2024), so a Nevada 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. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Nevada.

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

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OccupationMedian, Nevada · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$132,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$94,260 – $163,9401,300
2Detectives and Criminal Investigators$94,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,920 – $152,480590
3First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$93,920
Postsecondary nondegree award
$72,050 – $152,5701,080
4Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$78,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,250 – $102,8105,720
5Correctional Officers and Jailers$76,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,150 – $102,6103,240
6First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other$76,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,990 – $98,180500
7Firefighters$66,570
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,600 – $101,4502,640
8Transportation Security Screeners$64,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,180 – $68,6601,350
9Protective Service Workers, All Other$54,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,500 – $78,520910
10First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$53,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,970 – $82,9402,540
11Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators$46,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,420 – $61,040820
12Security Guards$37,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,140 – $48,34026,680
13Crossing Guards and Flaggers$31,480
No formal educational credential
$26,770 – $48,0601,500
14Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$30,830
No formal educational credential
$27,750 – $34,6402,630

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

#	Occupation	MedianNevada	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$132,100	$94,260 – $163,940	1,300
2	Detectives and Criminal InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$94,470	$60,920 – $152,480	590
3	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$93,920	$72,050 – $152,570	1,080
4	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,140	$62,250 – $102,810	5,720
5	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,490	$62,150 – $102,610	3,240
6	First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,160	$34,990 – $98,180	500
7	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$66,570	$47,600 – $101,450	2,640
8	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,500	$41,180 – $68,660	1,350
9	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,790	$34,500 – $78,520	910
10	First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,210	$35,970 – $82,940	2,540
11	Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,570	$36,420 – $61,040	820
12	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,310	$29,140 – $48,340	26,680
13	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$31,480	$26,770 – $48,060	1,500
14	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$30,830	$27,750 – $34,640	2,630

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