Protective Service Workers, All Other
Overview
Protective Service Workers, All Other has a national median salary of $42,540 per year, with +3% projected job growth from 2025–2035. The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a high school diploma or equivalent as the typical education needed to enter this occupation.
Description
All protective service workers not listed separately.
Education
Education Levels of Current Workers
The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a high school diploma or equivalent as the typical education needed to enter this occupation. The chart below shows the highest level of education held by people already working in this field, ages 25 and older. It includes workers who earned more education than the job requires and workers who entered the field under earlier requirements, so the largest bar is not the entry requirement. For example, if someone finished a bachelor's degree and then started working in this field, they are counted under “Bachelor's degree” here, but the job itself typically asks for a high school diploma or equivalent.
Income & Employability
Income Percentile
The median (50th percentile) is the middle wage; 10% earn less than the low figure and 10% earn more than the high figure.
| Low (10%) | $32,470 |
| Median (50%) | $42,540 |
| High (90%) | $74,590 |
Income by Experience
How pay typically grows from entry level (0–2 yrs) to expert (8+ yrs).
| Entry (0–2 yrs) | $44,019 |
| Mid (3–5 yrs) | $81,704 |
| Senior (6–8 yrs) | $104,595 |
| Expert (8+ yrs) | $157,209 |
Employability
There are currently 82,100 jobs in this career path (2025). That number is projected to grow to 84,600 by 2035, a +3% change.
+3% growthVideo Resources
Training Programs
22 programs at 2 schools on Career School App prepare students for a career as Protective Service Workers, All Other, including Criminal Justice (22).
- Crime Scene TechnologyKeiser University · Daytona Beach, FLAssociate Degree · 17 Months
- Correctional OfficerWithlacoochee Technical College · Inverness, FLCertificate · 445 clock hours (approximately four months)
- Criminal JusticeKeiser University · Clearwater, FLBachelor Degree · 40 Months
- Crossover from Law Enforcement Officer to Correctional OfficerWithlacoochee Technical College · Inverness, FLCertificate · 223 clock hours
- Criminal JusticeKeiser University · West Palm Beach, FLBachelor Degree · 40 Months
- Equivalency of Training (EOT) - Correctional OfficerWithlacoochee Technical College · Inverness, FLOther · About one week
- Criminal Justice (AA)Keiser University · West Palm Beach, FLAssociate Degree · 20 Months
- Criminal Justice (AA)Keiser University · Clearwater, FLAssociate Degree · 20 Months
- Criminal Justice (Forensics Concentration)Keiser University · West Palm Beach, FLBachelor Degree · 41 Months
- Criminal Justice (Master's)Keiser University · Clearwater, FLMaster Degree · 22 Months
- Criminal Justice (Master's)Keiser University · West Palm Beach, FLMaster Degree · 22 Months
- Criminal Justice and CriminologyKeiser University · Clearwater, FLDoctoral Degree · 40 Months
- Criminal Justice and CriminologyKeiser University · West Palm Beach, FLDoctoral Degree · 40 Months
- Criminal Justice with Interdisciplinary ConcentrationKeiser University · Daytona Beach, FLMaster Degree · 22 Months
- Criminal Justice with Interdisciplinary ConcentrationKeiser University · West Palm Beach, FLMaster Degree · 22 Months
- Criminal Justice with Law Enforcement ConcentrationKeiser University · Tallahassee, FLAssociate Degree · 22 months
- Doctor of Criminal JusticeKeiser University · Daytona Beach, FLDoctoral Degree · 20–32 Months
- Forensic Investigations (Investigations Concentration)Keiser University · West Palm Beach, FLBachelor Degree · 36 Months
- Forensic Investigations (Investigations Concentration)Keiser University · Fort Myers, FLBachelor Degree · 36 Months
- Forensic Investigations (Science Concentration)Keiser University · West Palm Beach, FLBachelor Degree · 34 months
- Forensic Investigations (Science Concentration)Keiser University · Port St. Lucie, FLBachelor Degree · 34 months
- Law Enforcement OperationsKeiser University · Sarasota, FLBachelor Degree · 38 Months
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Career cluster definitions are from Advance CTE.
Pay-by-experience bands are from Lightcast (as recent as July 2025).