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

The best paid security and protective service occupations in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts run 5.8% above the national average (2024), so a Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts.

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

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OccupationMedian, Massachusetts · Employed

1Correctional Officers and Jailers$86,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$63,520 – $101,6206,360
2Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$78,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,160 – $108,15017,040
3Transportation Security Screeners$73,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,030 – $83,7401,380
4Firefighters$72,800
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,730 – $98,13011,940
5Security Guards$44,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,830 – $55,80023,930
6Crossing Guards and Flaggers$43,460
No formal educational credential
$34,770 – $92,6601,700
7Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$36,650
No formal educational credential
$32,830 – $42,2902,640
8School Bus Monitors$36,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,690 – $42,2702,300

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

#	Occupation	MedianMassachusetts	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$86,310	$63,520 – $101,620	6,360
2	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,940	$61,160 – $108,150	17,040
3	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,510	$62,030 – $83,740	1,380
4	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$72,800	$49,730 – $98,130	11,940
5	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,670	$34,830 – $55,800	23,930
6	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$43,460	$34,770 – $92,660	1,700
7	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$36,650	$32,830 – $42,290	2,640
8	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,020	$33,690 – $42,270	2,300

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