High paying security and protective service jobs in Alaska with no experience

The best paid security and protective service occupations in Alaska that require neither a degree nor prior experience in a related job. 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 Alaska run 2.4% above the national average (2024), so a Alaska salary is worth about 0.98× 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 Alaska.

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

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OccupationMedian, Alaska · Employed

1Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$99,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,670 – $137,3401,260
2Transportation Security Screeners$71,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,180 – $87,510440
3Correctional Officers and Jailers$71,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,340 – $94,930850
4Firefighters$58,830
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,520 – $82,3601,040
5Protective Service Workers, All Other$56,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,210 – $76,000400
6Security Guards$47,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,520 – $76,3502,100
7Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$34,540
No formal educational credential
$24,770 – $45,040340
8School Bus Monitors$33,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,840 – $37,720260

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

#	Occupation	MedianAlaska	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$99,130	$60,670 – $137,340	1,260
2	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,390	$54,180 – $87,510	440
3	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,360	$60,340 – $94,930	850
4	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,830	$35,520 – $82,360	1,040
5	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,120	$38,210 – $76,000	400
6	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,480	$36,520 – $76,350	2,100
7	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$34,540	$24,770 – $45,040	340
8	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,990	$30,840 – $37,720	260

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