High paying security and protective service jobs in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC with no experience
The best paid security and protective service occupations in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 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 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC run 8.1% below the national average (2024), so a Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC salary is worth about 1.09× 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
$43,920 – $75,6801,120High school diploma or equivalent
$43,040 – $73,590580Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,210 – $77,950510High school diploma or equivalent
$28,360 – $47,2603,370No formal educational credential
$20,330 – $28,620130High school diploma or equivalent
$22,930 – $46,090140High school diploma or equivalent
$15,760 – $27,650180
Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.
| # | Occupation | MedianAugusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $58,390 | $43,920 – $75,680 | 1,120 |
| 2 | Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $53,390 | $43,040 – $73,590 | 580 |
| 3 | FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award | $47,540 | $33,210 – $77,950 | 510 |
| 4 | Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $33,450 | $28,360 – $47,260 | 3,370 |
| 5 | Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential | $27,700 | $20,330 – $28,620 | 130 |
| 6 | Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent | $23,470 | $22,930 – $46,090 | 140 |
| 7 | School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $20,190 | $15,760 – $27,650 | 180 |
Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. 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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