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

The best paid security and protective service occupations in Oregon 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 Oregon run 3.4% above the national average (2024), so a Oregon salary is worth about 0.97× 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 Oregon.

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

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OccupationMedian, Oregon · Employed

1Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$88,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$66,380 – $109,3505,030
2Correctional Officers and Jailers$83,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$64,200 – $95,8203,650
3Firefighters$70,900
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,800 – $104,0703,790
4Protective Service Workers, All Other$49,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,210 – $73,5302,180
5Crossing Guards and Flaggers$47,110
No formal educational credential
$37,940 – $80,0402,250
6Security Guards$45,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,500 – $58,51012,200
7Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$35,030
No formal educational credential
$30,560 – $42,5301,860

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

#	Occupation	MedianOregon	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$88,140	$66,380 – $109,350	5,030
2	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$83,690	$64,200 – $95,820	3,650
3	FirefightersPostsecondary nondegree award	$70,900	$38,800 – $104,070	3,790
4	Protective Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,520	$38,210 – $73,530	2,180
5	Crossing Guards and FlaggersNo formal educational credential	$47,110	$37,940 – $80,040	2,250
6	Security GuardsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,500	$36,500 – $58,510	12,200
7	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,030	$30,560 – $42,530	1,860

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