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

The best paid security and protective service occupations in New Jersey 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 Jersey run 8.8% above the national average (2024), so a New Jersey salary is worth about 0.92× 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 Jersey.

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

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OccupationMedian, New Jersey · Employed

1Correctional Officers and Jailers$94,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,410 – $106,5707,570
2Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$92,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,740 – $134,26021,780
3Firefighters$84,130
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,920 – $123,9407,500
4Protective Service Workers, All Other$54,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,280 – $80,3303,520
5Crossing Guards and Flaggers$41,600
No formal educational credential
$32,830 – $50,8907,270
6Security Guards$38,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,230 – $60,42041,540
7School Bus Monitors$36,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,220 – $43,5706,100
8Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$34,760
No formal educational credential
$32,220 – $42,8605,460

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew Jersey	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$94,770	$51,410 – $106,570	7,570
2	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$92,610	$57,740 – $134,260	21,780
3	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$84,130	$47,920 – $123,940	7,500
4	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,950	$33,280 – $80,330	3,520
5	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$41,600	$32,830 – $50,890	7,270
6	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,880	$32,230 – $60,420	41,540
7	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,100	$32,220 – $43,570	6,100
8	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$34,760	$32,220 – $42,860	5,460

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