High paying security and protective service jobs in New Hampshire with no experience

The best paid security and protective service occupations in New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire run 4.2% above the national average (2024), so a New Hampshire salary is worth about 0.96× 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 New Hampshire.

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

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OccupationMedian, New Hampshire · Employed

1Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$71,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,930 – $89,9402,460
2Correctional Officers and Jailers$61,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,480 – $82,240680
3Firefighters$56,620
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,450 – $78,5702,700
4Crossing Guards and Flaggers$45,980
No formal educational credential
$35,090 – $46,210440
5Security Guards$45,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,500 – $62,4002,450
6Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$32,100
No formal educational credential
$27,970 – $45,770280

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew Hampshire	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,640	$57,930 – $89,940	2,460
2	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,360	$47,480 – $82,240	680
3	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$56,620	$35,450 – $78,570	2,700
4	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$45,980	$35,090 – $46,210	440
5	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,200	$36,500 – $62,400	2,450
6	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$32,100	$27,970 – $45,770	280

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