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Protective Service Salaries (2025)
✓ Sourced directly from ONS ASHE & BLS OES · Checked for accuracy at every rebuild · First published: 2026-08-25 · Last updated: 2026-10-25
✓ ONS & BLS Verified Rates — Updated July 2026
ONS ASHE 2025 (provisional) · BLS OES May 2025
18 job titles, sorted by UK median salary.
Protective Service pay at a glance
In the US, the 18 occupations with BLS data range from $33,580 (Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers) to $93,790 (Detectives and Criminal Investigators), averaging about $63,653.
These are unweighted averages of the occupation medians listed below, not official category-wide figures, and UK and US figures are never converted or combined.
| Job title | UK median | US median |
|---|
| Detectives and Criminal Investigators (US) |
— |
$93,790 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers (US) |
— |
$93,530 |
| Transit and Railroad Police (US) |
— |
$90,230 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers (US) |
— |
$77,970 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other (US) |
— |
$76,400 |
| Police and Sheriff'S Patrol Officers (US) |
— |
$76,210 |
| Fire Inspectors and Investigators (US) |
— |
$75,920 |
| Fish and Game Wardens (US) |
— |
$74,060 |
| Transportation Security Screeners (US) |
— |
$66,770 |
| Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists (US) |
— |
$56,870 |
| Bailiffs (US) |
— |
$56,600 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers (US) |
— |
$55,940 |
| Private Detectives and Investigators (US) |
— |
$51,220 |
| Animal Control Workers (US) |
— |
$45,660 |
| Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators (US) |
— |
$43,370 |
| Protective Service Workers, All Other (US) |
— |
$42,540 |
| School Bus Monitors (US) |
— |
$35,100 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers (US) |
— |
$33,580 |
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Figures are gross annual pay before tax, for reference only. Sources: ONS ASHE 2025 (provisional), BLS OES May 2025.
Data: ONS ASHE Table 14/15, 2025 provisional · BLS OES, May 2025 · Page built 2026-10-25