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Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security career cluster, in The United States of America

occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	minimum work exp.	current workers	growth number	growth percent	annual openings	salary entry	salary all
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	23-1021.00	EIS	Doctoral	5 years	15,200	300	0.2	800	$45,970	$100,230
Animal Control Workers	33-9011.00	RSC	High school	None	12,500	700	0.56	1300	$24,280	$39,710
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators	23-1022.00	SE	Bachelor	< 5 years	7,700	600	0.78	400	$37,420	$73,720
Bailiffs	33-3011.00	RCE	High school	None	19,600	-200	-0.1	1700	$24,620	$51,840
Correctional Officers and Jailers	33-3012.00	REC	High school	None	434,300	-31,400	-0.72	33800	$31,740	$50,130
Court Reporters	23-2091.00	CE	Postsecondary	None	15,700	1,100	0.7	1600	*	*
Crossing Guards	33-9091.00	SER	none	None	81,700	4,600	0.56	14200	$20,060	$32,920
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	33-3021.00	EI	High school	< 5 years	110,700	2,800	0.25	7500	$44,860	$86,030
Fire Inspectors and Investigators	33-2021.00	CR	Postsecondary	5 years	13,000	700	0.54	1300	$38,090	$64,730
Firefighters	33-2011.00	RS	Postsecondary	None	332,400	17,600	0.53	25000	$25,550	$54,650
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	33-1011.00	ECR	High school	< 5 years	45,900	-3,400	-0.74	2800	$41,850	$69,000
occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	minimum work exp.	current workers	growth number	growth percent	annual openings	salary entry	salary all
First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers	33-1021.00	ER	Postsecondary	< 5 years	68,000	3,700	0.54	4800	$43,150	$82,010
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	33-1012.00	ESC	High school	< 5 years	121,600	5,800	0.48	8300	$52,320	$94,950
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, all others	33-1099.00	*	High school	< 5 years	83,100	1,600	0.19	8100	*	*
Fish and Game Wardens	33-3031.00	RI	Bachelor	None	6,400	100	0.16	500	$33,930	$57,690
Forensic Science Technicians	19-4092.00	IRC	Bachelor	None	16,700	2,400	1.44	2400	$35,620	$63,170
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists	33-2022.00	RCE	High school	< 5 years	2,200	600	2.73	300	$28,090	$53,350
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	23-1023.00	ES	Doctoral	5 years	29,800	1,000	0.34	1500	$39,110	$128,550
Judicial Law Clerks	23-1012.00	CI	*	*	17,100	600	0.35	800	$33,910	$59,890
Lawyers	23-1011.00	EI	Doctoral	None	823,900	50,100	0.61	45700	$59,670	$145,300
Legal Secretaries	43-6012.00	CE	High school	None	180,100	-37,600	-2.09	14300	$28,760	$50,900
Legal Support Workers, All Other	23-2099.00	*	Associate	None	48,100	800	0.17	4400	$32,070	$70,840
occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	minimum work exp.	current workers	growth number	growth percent	annual openings	salary entry	salary all
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	33-9092.00	RS	none	None	151,800	10,600	0.7	39000	$17,830	$25,380
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	23-2011.00	CIE	Associate	None	325,700	39,100	1.2	40400	$32,160	$55,020
Parking Enforcement Workers	33-3041.00	RC	High school	None	8,600	-3,200	-3.72	200	$26,610	$43,420
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	33-3051.00	RE	High school	None	687,100	34,500	0.5	52900	$36,960	$67,600
Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers	43-5031.00	CRE	High school	None	98,300	5,400	0.55	10100	$27,190	$44,310
Private Detectives and Investigators	33-9021.00	EC	High school	< 5 years	33,000	2,600	0.79	3300	$30,390	$57,000
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	21-1092.00	SEC	Bachelor	None	91,600	3,000	0.33	8200	$36,370	$59,910
Protective Service Workers, all other	33-9099.00	*	High school	None	141,000	6,100	0.43	35400	*	*
Security Guards	33-9032.00	RCE	High school	None	1,143,800	40,200	0.35	153800	$21,150	$33,030
Transit and Railroad Police	33-3052.00	REC	High school	None	4,500	200	0.44	300	$43,220	$71,120
Transportation Security Screeners	33-9093.00	REC	High school	None	49,100	500	0.1	4700	$34,640	$42,310

* data not available

Footnotes

SOC Codes

Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system classifies all careers and assigns a unique number to each. This SOC number can be used to follow up with other career databases.

Career Interests

Interests are the likes and dislikes of people who work in each career. Matching your interests can help you find a career that will be more satisfying and rewarding for you than occupations that do not meet your interests. Knowing your work interests can help you decide what kinds of jobs and careers you want to explore.

People and work environments can be classified into these six different groups:

Realistic - "Doers" - People who have athletic or mechanical ability, prefer to work with objects, machines, tools, plants or animals, or to be outdoors.
Investigative - "Thinkers" - People who like to observe, learn, investigate, analyze, evaluate or solve problems.
Artistic - "Creators" - People who have artistic, innovating or intuitional abilities and like to work in unstructured situations using their imagination and creativity.
Social - "Helpers" - People who like to work with people to enlighten, inform, help, train, or cure them, or are skilled with words.
Enterprising - "Persuaders" - People who like to work with people, influencing, persuading, performing, leading or managing for organizational goals or economic gain.
Conventional - "Organizers" - People who like to work with data, have clerical or numerical ability, carry out tasks in detail or follow through on others' instructions.

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Minimum Education Required

Minimum education is the usual minimum level of education required for entry level in each career.

none - No formal educational credential required
High school - High school diploma or equivalent
Some college - Some college, no degree (might be only a few courses that could be earned while a high school student)
Postsecondary - Postsecondary nondegree award (1- or 2-year certificate or diploma program)
Associate - Associate's degree (two-year degree program at a community college)
Bachelor - Bachelor's degree (four-year degree program at a college or university)
Master - Master's degree (two or more years of college after Bachelor's degree)
Doctoral - Doctoral or professional degree (three or more years of college after Bachelor's degree)

Minimum Work Experience

Work experience is the usual minimum level of previous work experience that is required for entry level in each career.

None - no previous work experience in the same field is required.
< 5 years - less than 5 years of prior work experience in the same field is preferred
5 years - 5 years or more of prior work experience in the same field is preferred

Number of Current Workers

Current workers is the number of people in The United States of America in 2018 who were full-time and part-time employees, workers on paid vacation or other type of paid leave, workers assigned temporarily to other units and paid owners, officers and staff of incorporated firms. This excludes proprietors, owners and partners of unincorporated firms, unpaid family workers, workers on unpaid leave and contractors and temporary agency employees not on the company payroll.

Growth Number

Growth number is the projected number of openings per year from 2018 to 2028. High growth means that the projected number of openings is high, so the likelihood of getting a job in this occupation is good. Low growth means that there may not be any openings, so the likelihood of getting a job in this occupation is not very good.

low - (red color) - below average projected number of annual openings (bottom 50 percent)
moderate - (green color) - average projected number of annual openings (second 25 percent)
high - (blue color) - above projected number of annual openings (top 25 percent)

White background indicates that growth number information is not available.

Growth Percent

Growth percent is the projected growth of the percentage of openings per year from 2018 to 2028. High growth means that the number of openings are increasing, so the likelihood of getting a job in this occupation is good. Low growth means that there may not be any openings, so the likelihood of getting a job in this occupation is not very good.

low - (red color) - below average projected growth rate (less than 1% growth per year)
moderate - (green color) - average projected growth rate (between 1 and 2.1% growth per year)
high - (blue color) - above average projected growth rate (over 2.1% growth per year)

White background indicates that growth outlook information is not available.

Average Annual Openings

Average Annual Openings is the projected averaqge number of openings per year from 2018 to 2028. THis number includes turnover as well as new positions. A high number here means that the projected number of openings is high, so the likelihood of getting a job in this occupation is good.

Average Entry-Level Salaries

Salary entry is the estimated average salary for all entry-level (first-year) workers in this occupation in The United States of America in 2019. Technically it is the annual 10th percentile wage.

Salary includes straight time, gross pay, exclusive of premium pay. Base rate, cost-of-living allowances, tips, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay, commissions, production bonuses and on-call pay are included. Excluded is back pay, jury duty pay, overtime pay, severance pay, shift differentials, non-production bonuses and tuition reimbursements.

Salaries over $208,000 are sometimes shown as >$208,000 rather than the actual salary.

Average Salaries

Salary all is the estimated average salary for all workers in this occupation in The United States of America in 2019. Technically it is the mean annual wage.

Salaries over $208,000 are sometimes shown as >$208,000 rather than the actual salary.

This research was compiled, analyzed, and posted by Emil Barnabas.

The data come from multiple data tables from the US Department of Labor. Blanks in this table represent missing data, some due to confidentiality because of small numbers of workers in an occupation.

Comments, suggestions, and corrections are welcome. WebGuy -at- Barnabas.com