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Industries with Fastest Protective Service Occupations Salary Growth

These industries raised Protective Service Occupations salaries the most from 2019 to 2024. Useful for deciding which industry to work in or switch to for better pay growth.

227
Industries with Growth
+139.1%
Highest Growth
+36.6%
Average Growth
10
Industries with Decline

Top 15 Industries for Salary Growth

Protective Service Occupations salary increase from 2019 to 2024

All 227 Industries with Salary Growth

Rank Industry 2019 Salary 2024 Salary $ Increase % Growth
1 Motion Picture and Video Exhibition $38,270 $91,510 +$53,240 +139.1%
2 Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers $29,400 $69,060 +$39,660 +134.9%
3 Waste Management and Remediation Services $33,210 $77,090 +$43,880 +132.1%
4 Gasoline Stations $26,880 $61,780 +$34,900 +129.8%
5 Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services $32,640 $72,400 +$39,760 +121.8%
6 Other Motor Vehicle Dealers $24,450 $49,260 +$24,810 +101.5%
7 Telecommunications $31,570 $61,110 +$29,540 +93.6%
8 Oil and Gas Extraction $36,670 $68,750 +$32,080 +87.5%
9 Insurance Agencies and Brokerages $43,430 $79,370 +$35,940 +82.8%
10 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction $33,590 $60,370 +$26,780 +79.7%
11 Other Specialty Trade Contractors $28,200 $50,260 +$22,060 +78.2%
12 Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills $35,550 $63,040 +$27,490 +77.3%
13 Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing $33,250 $58,870 +$25,620 +77.1%
14 Newspaper Publishers $29,440 $52,040 +$22,600 +76.8%
15 Steel Product Manufacturing from Purchased Steel $30,470 $52,710 +$22,240 +73.0%
16 Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers $30,350 $52,040 +$21,690 +71.5%
17 Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4242 and 4246 only) $29,110 $49,880 +$20,770 +71.4%
18 Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4241, 4247, and 4249 only) $29,040 $49,150 +$20,110 +69.2%
19 Educational Services $33,250 $56,270 +$23,020 +69.2%
20 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing $45,440 $76,070 +$30,630 +67.4%
21 Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists $23,630 $39,450 +$15,820 +66.9%
22 Religious Organizations $31,850 $52,830 +$20,980 +65.9%
23 Paper Manufacturing $36,130 $59,330 +$23,200 +64.2%
24 Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing $33,770 $54,930 +$21,160 +62.7%
25 Specialty Trade Contractors $31,240 $50,340 +$19,100 +61.1%
26 Land Subdivision $32,180 $51,250 +$19,070 +59.3%
27 Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakes Water Transportation $31,970 $50,810 +$18,840 +58.9%
28 Water Transportation $31,990 $50,810 +$18,820 +58.8%
29 Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction $30,620 $48,280 +$17,660 +57.7%
30 Motor Vehicle Manufacturing $39,080 $61,350 +$22,270 +57.0%
31 Logging $24,160 $37,900 +$13,740 +56.9%
32 Forestry and Logging $24,160 $37,900 +$13,740 +56.9%
33 Engineering Services $50,670 $78,940 +$28,270 +55.8%
34 Amusement Parks and Arcades $24,210 $37,530 +$13,320 +55.0%
35 Residential Building Construction $29,960 $46,360 +$16,400 +54.7%
36 Support Activities for Water Transportation $28,220 $43,640 +$15,420 +54.6%
37 Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers $44,370 $68,250 +$23,880 +53.8%
38 Insurance Carriers $40,580 $62,310 +$21,730 +53.5%
39 Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing $28,210 $42,940 +$14,730 +52.2%
40 Metal Ore Mining $39,470 $59,690 +$20,220 +51.2%
41 Other Schools and Instruction $24,370 $36,800 +$12,430 +51.0%
42 Legal Services $52,130 $78,700 +$26,570 +51.0%
43 Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers $40,060 $60,210 +$20,150 +50.3%
44 Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities $51,290 $76,940 +$25,650 +50.0%
45 Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing $39,430 $58,870 +$19,440 +49.3%
46 Printing and Related Support Activities $32,070 $47,800 +$15,730 +49.0%
47 Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services $51,750 $76,890 +$25,140 +48.6%
48 Dairy Product Manufacturing $32,380 $47,910 +$15,530 +48.0%
49 Computer Systems Design and Related Services $49,190 $72,210 +$23,020 +46.8%
50 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing $28,130 $41,210 +$13,080 +46.5%
51 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing $32,220 $47,120 +$14,900 +46.2%
52 Motion Picture and Video Industries $37,810 $55,240 +$17,430 +46.1%
53 Services to Buildings and Dwellings $21,310 $31,070 +$9,760 +45.8%
54 Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing $31,510 $45,790 +$14,280 +45.3%
55 Freight Transportation Arrangement $31,180 $45,310 +$14,130 +45.3%
56 Utility System Construction $33,880 $49,180 +$15,300 +45.2%
57 Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing $33,670 $48,740 +$15,070 +44.8%
58 Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing $40,820 $59,060 +$18,240 +44.7%
59 Monetary Authorities-Central Bank $51,030 $73,790 +$22,760 +44.6%
60 Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging $25,780 $37,270 +$11,490 +44.6%
61 Insurance Carriers and Related Activities $47,290 $68,120 +$20,830 +44.0%
62 Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction $32,590 $46,840 +$14,250 +43.7%
63 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing $56,010 $80,230 +$24,220 +43.2%
64 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing (3371 and 3372 only) $27,770 $39,750 +$11,980 +43.1%
65 Grain and Oilseed Milling $30,250 $43,260 +$13,010 +43.0%
66 Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries $24,740 $35,350 +$10,610 +42.9%
67 Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories $36,240 $51,540 +$15,300 +42.2%
68 Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction $32,180 $45,730 +$13,550 +42.1%
69 Communications Equipment Manufacturing $38,310 $53,930 +$15,620 +40.8%
70 Other Food Manufacturing $32,570 $45,660 +$13,090 +40.2%
71 Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries $37,810 $52,820 +$15,010 +39.7%
72 Home Health Care Services $30,560 $42,580 +$12,020 +39.3%
73 Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation $24,720 $34,440 +$9,720 +39.3%
74 Primary Metal Manufacturing $33,870 $46,860 +$12,990 +38.4%
75 Death Care Services $28,470 $39,380 +$10,910 +38.3%
76 Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance $28,580 $39,400 +$10,820 +37.9%
77 Waste Treatment and Disposal $36,420 $50,180 +$13,760 +37.8%
78 Special Food Services $31,080 $42,800 +$11,720 +37.7%
79 Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers $31,350 $43,160 +$11,810 +37.7%
80 Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution $52,330 $71,960 +$19,630 +37.5%
81 Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations $25,250 $34,650 +$9,400 +37.2%
82 Utilities $52,510 $71,960 +$19,450 +37.0%
83 Miscellaneous Manufacturing $34,710 $47,520 +$12,810 +36.9%
84 Nuclear Electric Power Generation $52,290 $71,410 +$19,120 +36.6%
85 Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events $29,240 $39,830 +$10,590 +36.2%
86 Building Material and Supplies Dealers $39,500 $53,800 +$14,300 +36.2%
87 Animal Slaughtering and Processing $29,070 $39,570 +$10,500 +36.1%
88 Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers $39,420 $53,640 +$14,220 +36.1%
89 Other Amusement and Recreation Industries $23,420 $31,840 +$8,420 +36.0%
90 Hospitals $37,660 $51,130 +$13,470 +35.8%
91 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3321, 3322, 3325, 3326, and 3329 only) $36,010 $48,790 +$12,780 +35.5%
92 RV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks and Recreational Camps $24,530 $33,190 +$8,660 +35.3%
93 Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods $31,930 $43,160 +$11,230 +35.2%
94 Employment Services $27,020 $36,510 +$9,490 +35.1%
95 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing $48,260 $65,010 +$16,750 +34.7%
96 Individual and Family Services $27,710 $37,300 +$9,590 +34.6%
97 Food Manufacturing $29,900 $40,140 +$10,240 +34.2%
98 Support Activities for Air Transportation $32,080 $42,970 +$10,890 +33.9%
99 Restaurants and Other Eating Places $30,190 $40,420 +$10,230 +33.9%
100 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing $32,900 $44,000 +$11,100 +33.7%
101 Civic and Social Organizations $23,330 $31,200 +$7,870 +33.7%
102 Beverage Manufacturing $32,840 $43,900 +$11,060 +33.7%
103 Plastics Product Manufacturing $31,960 $42,660 +$10,700 +33.5%
104 Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions $30,250 $40,360 +$10,110 +33.4%
105 Temporary Help Services $27,060 $36,090 +$9,030 +33.4%
106 Management of Companies and Enterprises $41,440 $55,180 +$13,740 +33.2%
107 Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries $29,420 $39,160 +$9,740 +33.1%
108 Truck Transportation $27,420 $36,480 +$9,060 +33.0%
109 Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors $33,950 $45,120 +$11,170 +32.9%
110 Repair and Maintenance $28,200 $37,420 +$9,220 +32.7%
111 Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (5221 and 5223 only) $48,590 $64,450 +$15,860 +32.6%
112 Support Activities for Transportation $31,720 $42,060 +$10,340 +32.6%
113 Converted Paper Product Manufacturing $37,730 $49,940 +$12,210 +32.4%
114 Security Systems Services $29,900 $39,410 +$9,510 +31.8%
115 Sawmills and Wood Preservation $27,410 $36,120 +$8,710 +31.8%
116 Other Wood Product Manufacturing $26,540 $34,940 +$8,400 +31.7%
117 Jewelry and Silverware Manufacturing $36,420 $47,910 +$11,490 +31.5%
118 Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation $27,450 $36,070 +$8,620 +31.4%
119 Offices of Physicians $35,170 $46,210 +$11,040 +31.4%
120 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences $49,150 $64,560 +$15,410 +31.4%
121 Office Administrative Services $29,870 $39,220 +$9,350 +31.3%
122 Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing $31,130 $40,830 +$9,700 +31.2%
123 Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities $29,160 $38,140 +$8,980 +30.8%
124 Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing $28,980 $37,860 +$8,880 +30.6%
125 Accommodation $30,730 $40,140 +$9,410 +30.6%
126 Traveler Accommodation $30,950 $40,400 +$9,450 +30.5%
127 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing $33,560 $43,750 +$10,190 +30.4%
128 Other Residential Care Facilities $28,770 $37,460 +$8,690 +30.2%
129 Warehousing and Storage $36,980 $48,140 +$11,160 +30.2%
130 School and Employee Bus Transportation $27,740 $36,070 +$8,330 +30.0%
131 Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing $47,110 $61,060 +$13,950 +29.6%
132 Investigation, Guard, and Armored Car Services $29,070 $37,670 +$8,600 +29.6%
133 Investigation and Security Services $29,080 $37,680 +$8,600 +29.6%
134 Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers $30,410 $39,350 +$8,940 +29.4%
135 Credit Intermediation and Related Activities $49,480 $64,010 +$14,530 +29.4%
136 Social Assistance $28,640 $37,030 +$8,390 +29.3%
137 Elementary and Secondary Schools $30,030 $38,680 +$8,650 +28.8%
138 Gambling Industries $30,590 $39,370 +$8,780 +28.7%
139 Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only) $32,800 $42,140 +$9,340 +28.5%
140 Administrative and Support Services $29,400 $37,750 +$8,350 +28.4%
141 Wood Product Manufacturing $27,800 $35,680 +$7,880 +28.3%
142 Other Support Activities for Transportation $27,660 $35,360 +$7,700 +27.8%
143 Nursing and Residential Care Facilities $29,380 $37,470 +$8,090 +27.5%
144 Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services $37,520 $47,830 +$10,310 +27.5%
145 Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals $37,340 $47,430 +$10,090 +27.0%
146 Rental and Leasing Services $28,420 $36,060 +$7,640 +26.9%
147 Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly $29,610 $37,500 +$7,890 +26.6%
148 Scientific Research and Development Services $49,100 $62,120 +$13,020 +26.5%
149 Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods $32,880 $41,590 +$8,710 +26.5%
150 Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services $34,290 $43,310 +$9,020 +26.3%
151 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals $37,240 $47,000 +$9,760 +26.2%
152 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services $43,140 $54,410 +$11,270 +26.1%
153 Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations $29,850 $37,640 +$7,790 +26.1%
154 Spectator Sports $29,510 $36,980 +$7,470 +25.3%
155 Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services $31,270 $39,120 +$7,850 +25.1%
156 Rental and Leasing Services (5322, 5323, and 5324 only) $28,360 $35,460 +$7,100 +25.0%
157 Chemical Manufacturing (3251, 3252, 3253, and 3259 only) $33,680 $42,110 +$8,430 +25.0%
158 Other Support Services $30,640 $38,290 +$7,650 +25.0%
159 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing $31,060 $38,810 +$7,750 +25.0%
160 Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Production and Processing $36,550 $45,570 +$9,020 +24.7%
161 Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing $31,310 $38,980 +$7,670 +24.5%
162 Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) $29,350 $36,510 +$7,160 +24.4%
163 Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying $29,170 $36,250 +$7,080 +24.3%
164 Technical and Trade Schools $35,850 $44,380 +$8,530 +23.8%
165 Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors $38,360 $47,320 +$8,960 +23.4%
166 Chemical Manufacturing (3255 and 3256 only) $32,380 $39,910 +$7,530 +23.3%
167 Facilities Support Services $38,170 $47,040 +$8,870 +23.2%
168 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $43,170 $53,130 +$9,960 +23.1%
169 Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 only) $34,530 $42,410 +$7,880 +22.8%
170 Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing $35,110 $43,030 +$7,920 +22.6%
171 Textile Mills $24,900 $30,460 +$5,560 +22.3%
172 Postal Service (Federal Government) $77,950 $95,240 +$17,290 +22.2%
173 Food Services and Drinking Places $29,420 $35,930 +$6,510 +22.1%
174 Ambulatory Health Care Services $35,050 $42,730 +$7,680 +21.9%
175 Other Ambulatory Health Care Services $34,110 $41,580 +$7,470 +21.9%
176 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing $29,390 $35,820 +$6,430 +21.9%
177 Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) $28,870 $35,180 +$6,310 +21.9%
178 Vocational Rehabilitation Services $30,060 $36,590 +$6,530 +21.7%
179 Automotive Repair and Maintenance $25,250 $30,730 +$5,480 +21.7%
180 Machinery Manufacturing $36,570 $44,350 +$7,780 +21.3%
181 Other Personal Services $33,920 $41,090 +$7,170 +21.1%
182 Real Estate $37,940 $45,940 +$8,000 +21.1%
183 Junior Colleges $40,860 $49,430 +$8,570 +21.0%
184 Construction of Buildings $36,590 $44,210 +$7,620 +20.8%
185 Chemical Manufacturing $34,590 $41,760 +$7,170 +20.7%
186 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing $40,900 $49,300 +$8,400 +20.5%
187 Personal and Laundry Services $33,650 $40,540 +$6,890 +20.5%
188 Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing $36,200 $43,260 +$7,060 +19.5%
189 Outpatient Care Centers $35,320 $42,200 +$6,880 +19.5%
190 Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers $33,950 $40,460 +$6,510 +19.2%
191 Building Equipment Contractors $42,250 $50,340 +$8,090 +19.1%
192 Performing Arts Companies $30,930 $36,740 +$5,810 +18.8%
193 Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing $40,010 $47,260 +$7,250 +18.1%
194 Social Advocacy Organizations $34,750 $40,850 +$6,100 +17.6%
195 Mining (except Oil and Gas) $36,270 $42,370 +$6,100 +16.8%
196 Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation $53,650 $62,590 +$8,940 +16.7%
197 Ship and Boat Building $46,060 $53,710 +$7,650 +16.6%
198 Nondepository Credit Intermediation $51,650 $60,050 +$8,400 +16.3%
199 Rubber Product Manufacturing $56,450 $65,590 +$9,140 +16.2%
200 Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (4232, 4233, 4235, 4236, 4237, and 4239 only) $37,130 $42,890 +$5,760 +15.5%
201 Educational Support Services $33,200 $38,310 +$5,110 +15.4%
202 Nonresidential Building Construction $38,420 $44,200 +$5,780 +15.0%
203 Grantmaking and Giving Services $33,360 $38,280 +$4,920 +14.7%
204 Automobile Dealers $31,230 $35,820 +$4,590 +14.7%
205 Fabric Mills $24,710 $28,330 +$3,620 +14.6%
206 Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing $33,730 $38,650 +$4,920 +14.6%
207 Rail Transportation $73,330 $84,000 +$10,670 +14.6%
208 Business Support Services $34,010 $38,860 +$4,850 +14.3%
209 Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals $42,220 $47,940 +$5,720 +13.5%
210 Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance $33,100 $37,560 +$4,460 +13.5%
211 Support Activities for Crop Production $32,140 $36,400 +$4,260 +13.3%
212 Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry $32,030 $36,150 +$4,120 +12.9%
213 Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers $31,740 $35,520 +$3,780 +11.9%
214 Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing $66,630 $73,640 +$7,010 +10.5%
215 Support Activities for Animal Production $31,810 $35,050 +$3,240 +10.2%
216 Landscaping Services $39,950 $43,560 +$3,610 +9.0%
217 Foundries $31,160 $33,710 +$2,550 +8.2%
218 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing $53,770 $58,000 +$4,230 +7.9%
219 Couriers and Express Delivery Services $70,310 $75,540 +$5,230 +7.4%
220 Couriers and Messengers $70,300 $74,720 +$4,420 +6.3%
221 Support Activities for Mining $30,360 $31,710 +$1,350 +4.4%
222 Support Activities for Road Transportation $33,540 $34,790 +$1,250 +3.7%
223 Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation $59,260 $60,930 +$1,670 +2.8%
224 Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors $54,800 $56,320 +$1,520 +2.8%
225 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3323 and 3324 only) $54,800 $55,710 +$910 +1.7%
226 Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities $70,040 $70,820 +$780 +1.1%
227 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities $48,170 $48,580 +$410 +0.9%

10 Industries with Salary Decline

Rank Industry 2019 Salary 2024 Salary $ Decrease % Decline
1 Offices of All Other Health Practitioners $69,240 $41,480 -$27,760 -40.1%
2 Water, Sewage and Other Systems $44,590 $26,910 -$17,680 -39.7%
3 Urban Transit Systems $60,260 $40,500 -$19,760 -32.8%
4 Coal Mining $29,760 $21,050 -$8,710 -29.3%
5 Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing $52,790 $38,200 -$14,590 -27.6%
6 Support Activities for Rail Transportation $49,250 $36,410 -$12,840 -26.1%
7 Offices of Other Health Practitioners $40,640 $34,480 -$6,160 -15.2%
8 Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation $41,390 $37,020 -$4,370 -10.6%
9 Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers $36,000 $33,710 -$2,290 -6.4%
10 Other Insurance Related Activities $72,940 $70,470 -$2,470 -3.4%

About This Data

Salary growth is calculated by comparing the median annual wage for Protective Service Occupations in each industry between 2019 and 2024, using Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Growth percentage = (2024 median - 2019 median) / 2019 median × 100.

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