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

The best paid security and protective service occupations in Montana 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 Montana run 5.4% below the national average (2024), so a Montana salary is worth about 1.06× 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 Montana.

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

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OccupationMedian, Montana · Employed

1Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$70,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,330 – $84,1502,160
2Firefighters$59,310
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,810 – $76,6201,010
3Transportation Security Screeners$54,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,090 – $69,450330
4Correctional Officers and Jailers$49,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,690 – $62,7301,430
5Protective Service Workers, All Other$41,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,330 – $75,280310
6Security Guards$38,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,800 – $57,3101,610
7Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$37,750
No formal educational credential
$26,820 – $58,790270
8School Bus Monitors$34,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,620 – $44,510200

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

#	Occupation	MedianMontana	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,050	$55,330 – $84,150	2,160
2	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,310	$32,810 – $76,620	1,010
3	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,770	$40,090 – $69,450	330
4	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,180	$44,690 – $62,730	1,430
5	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,660	$27,330 – $75,280	310
6	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,480	$28,800 – $57,310	1,610
7	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$37,750	$26,820 – $58,790	270
8	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,740	$30,620 – $44,510	200

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