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

The best paid security and protective service occupations in Florida 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 Florida run 3.4% above the national average (2024), so a Florida 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 Florida.

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

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OccupationMedian, Florida · Employed

1Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$74,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,330 – $98,19043,630
2Transportation Security Screeners$63,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,910 – $71,5706,920
3Firefighters$58,550
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,260 – $93,31024,570
4Correctional Officers and Jailers$49,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,760 – $80,50024,280
5Security Guards$35,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,470 – $46,09095,370
6Crossing Guards and Flaggers$35,730
No formal educational credential
$29,170 – $43,4105,690
7Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$35,040
No formal educational credential
$28,510 – $45,0009,460
8School Bus Monitors$34,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,220 – $39,6504,080

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

#	Occupation	MedianFlorida	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,470	$51,330 – $98,190	43,630
2	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,130	$42,910 – $71,570	6,920
3	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,550	$37,260 – $93,310	24,570
4	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,710	$45,760 – $80,500	24,280
5	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,900	$29,470 – $46,090	95,370
6	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$35,730	$29,170 – $43,410	5,690
7	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,040	$28,510 – $45,000	9,460
8	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,110	$28,220 – $39,650	4,080

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