2001 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Protective Service Occupations

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry divisions in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia. These and other data elements, including the 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentile wages are available in the downloadable excel files. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

Click on the SOC Code Number to view that occupation's definition, additional wage estimates, and relative standard error (RSE) estimates.

			Wage Estimates
SOC Code Number	Occupation Title	Employment (1)	Median Hourly	Mean Hourly	Mean Annual (2)	Mean RSE (3)
33-0000	Protective Service Occupations	2,957,990	$13.66	$15.64	$32,530	0.8 %
33-1011	First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Correctional Officers	32,090	$21.46	$22.13	$46,040	0.8 %
33-1012	First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Police and Detectives	113,970	$28.51	$28.82	$59,940	0.7 %
33-1021	First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers	61,260	$25.68	$26.38	$54,880	0.9 %
33-2011	Fire Fighters	275,500	$16.67	$17.25	$35,880	1.0 %
33-2021	Fire Inspectors and Investigators	12,160	$20.61	$21.18	$44,050	1.2 %
33-2022	Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists	1,030	$16.88	$17.19	$35,760	1.3 %
33-3011	Bailiffs	16,330	$15.09	$15.67	$32,590	1.0 %
33-3012	Correctional Officers and Jailers	401,250	$15.39	$16.24	$33,770	0.7 %
33-3021	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	87,030	$24.50	$25.07	$52,150	0.6 %
33-3031	Fish and Game Wardens	7,790	$19.82	$22.68	$47,180	0.3 %
33-3041	Parking Enforcement Workers	9,160	$12.89	$13.21	$27,480	1.3 %
33-3051	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	599,550	$19.70	$20.17	$41,950	0.7 %
33-3052	Transit and Railroad Police	6,750	$20.72	$21.63	$44,990	4.2 %
33-9011	Animal Control Workers	9,360	$11.66	$12.34	$25,670	0.9 %
33-9021	Private Detectives and Investigators	31,330	$13.64	$15.61	$32,470	1.8 %
33-9031	Gaming Surveillance Officers and Gaming Investigators	9,470	$10.64	$11.27	$23,430	2.2 %
33-9032	Security Guards	995,510	$8.94	$9.84	$20,460	0.4 %
33-9091	Crossing Guards	69,990	$8.55	$9.63	$20,020	2.1 %

About 2001 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Estimates for residual, "All Other", occupations are not available.

(1) Data for detailed occupations does not sum to the totals because the totals include data for occupations not shown separately.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

National OES estimates by SOC major group