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

The best paid security and protective service occupations in Connecticut 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 Connecticut run 3.6% above the national average (2024), so a Connecticut salary is worth about 0.97× 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 Connecticut.

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

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OccupationMedian, Connecticut · Employed

1Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$82,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$63,310 – $102,6606,500
2Firefighters$77,630
Postsecondary nondegree award
$51,320 – $85,5002,970
3Correctional Officers and Jailers$64,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,520 – $70,7103,780
4Crossing Guards and Flaggers$41,950
No formal educational credential
$34,010 – $99,7601,670
5Security Guards$39,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,950 – $59,22012,100
6Protective Service Workers, All Other$37,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,010 – $83,860910
7Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$35,960
No formal educational credential
$34,010 – $39,7401,510
8School Bus Monitors$35,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,010 – $49,5701,520

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

#	Occupation	MedianConnecticut	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,170	$63,310 – $102,660	6,500
2	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$77,630	$51,320 – $85,500	2,970
3	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,750	$55,520 – $70,710	3,780
4	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$41,950	$34,010 – $99,760	1,670
5	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,920	$34,950 – $59,220	12,100
6	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,480	$34,010 – $83,860	910
7	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,960	$34,010 – $39,740	1,510
8	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,350	$34,010 – $49,570	1,520

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