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

The best paid security and protective service occupations in New York 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 York run 7.9% above the national average (2024), so a New York salary is worth about 0.93× 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 York.

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

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OccupationMedian, New York · Employed

1Firefighters$100,960
Postsecondary nondegree award
$56,390 – $106,44012,950
2Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$92,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,000 – $118,25053,470
3Bailiffs$77,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,400 – $96,7703,830
4Correctional Officers and Jailers$76,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,940 – $93,22027,770
5Transportation Security Screeners$72,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,630 – $79,2104,240
6Crossing Guards and Flaggers$44,730
No formal educational credential
$35,300 – $62,43010,430
7Security Guards$44,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,650 – $60,580134,700
8School Bus Monitors$36,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,060 – $42,81019,090
9Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$36,590
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $45,1908,740

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew York	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$100,960	$56,390 – $106,440	12,950
2	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$92,790	$53,000 – $118,250	53,470
3	BailiffsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,540	$56,400 – $96,770	3,830
4	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,820	$58,940 – $93,220	27,770
5	Transportation Security ScreenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,010	$42,630 – $79,210	4,240
6	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$44,730	$35,300 – $62,430	10,430
7	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,240	$35,650 – $60,580	134,700
8	School Bus MonitorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,910	$33,060 – $42,810	19,090
9	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$36,590	$32,240 – $45,190	8,740

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