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

The best paid security and protective service occupations in Maryland 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 Maryland run 5.0% above the national average (2024), so a Maryland salary is worth about 0.95× 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 Maryland.

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

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OccupationMedian, Maryland · Employed

1Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$77,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,580 – $113,7009,720
2Firefighters$73,810
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,030 – $98,7705,340
3Correctional Officers and Jailers$64,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,100 – $82,2806,060
4Protective Service Workers, All Other$52,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $88,570930
5School Bus Monitors$38,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,480 – $47,5502,370
6Security Guards$38,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,700 – $64,32027,670
7Crossing Guards and Flaggers$35,850
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $58,7503,420
8Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$34,520
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $40,5504,160

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

#	Occupation	MedianMaryland	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,970	$58,580 – $113,700	9,720
2	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$73,810	$48,030 – $98,770	5,340
3	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,250	$53,100 – $82,280	6,060
4	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,780	$31,200 – $88,570	930
5	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,750	$32,480 – $47,550	2,370
6	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,220	$33,700 – $64,320	27,670
7	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$35,850	$31,200 – $58,750	3,420
8	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$34,520	$31,200 – $40,550	4,160

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