Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018

33-9099 Protective Service Workers, All Other

All protective service workers not listed separately.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
141,790	2.1 %	$16.66	$34,650	0.8 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$9.87	$11.41	$14.77	$19.45	$26.03
Annual Wage (2)	$20,530	$23,730	$30,720	$40,460	$54,130

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Elementary and Secondary Schools	50,190	0.59	$14.57	$30,300
School and Employee Bus Transportation	23,740	10.98	$14.22	$29,570
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	17,570	0.32	$19.69	$40,940
Educational Support Services	5,710	3.11	$18.81	$39,120
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	5,370	0.25	$20.68	$43,000

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
School and Employee Bus Transportation	23,740	10.98	$14.22	$29,570
Educational Support Services	5,710	3.11	$18.81	$39,120
Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation	1,690	1.61	$13.31	$27,680
Elementary and Secondary Schools	50,190	0.59	$14.57	$30,300
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	17,570	0.32	$19.69	$40,940

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Scientific Research and Development Services	370	0.05	$42.82	$89,080
Postal Service (federal government)	210	0.03	$37.02	$76,990
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	180	0.05	$35.04	$72,890
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	200	0.01	$33.64	$69,980
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	40	0.01	$30.13	$62,670

Geographic profile for this occupation: Top

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York	23,700	2.52	2.58	$15.10	$31,410
California	20,920	1.23	1.26	$19.15	$39,840
Texas	9,600	0.79	0.81	$13.01	$27,070
Pennsylvania	6,870	1.17	1.20	$14.04	$29,200
Florida	6,670	0.78	0.79	$16.53	$34,390

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Rhode Island	1,770	3.67	3.74	$15.96	$33,200
Wyoming	840	3.11	3.17	$17.96	$37,350
New York	23,700	2.52	2.58	$15.10	$31,410
Alaska	730	2.31	2.35	$20.27	$42,150
New Mexico	1,410	1.74	1.78	$22.74	$47,310

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
District of Columbia	180	0.25	0.26	$26.06	$54,200
Virginia	2,970	0.77	0.79	$23.06	$47,960
New Mexico	1,410	1.74	1.78	$22.74	$47,310
Nevada	1,300	0.96	0.98	$21.42	$44,560
Oklahoma	590	0.37	0.38	$21.31	$44,330

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	20,740	2.18	2.23	$15.71	$32,670
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	7,510	1.23	1.25	$18.93	$39,380
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	5,350	1.15	1.18	$13.53	$28,140
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	4,010	1.41	1.44	$12.99	$27,010
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	3,270	1.04	1.07	$24.57	$51,100
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	2,640	1.02	1.04	$16.45	$34,210
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	2,610	1.08	1.10	$23.74	$49,370
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	2,610	1.74	1.78	$16.70	$34,740
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	2,540	0.85	0.87	$11.67	$24,270
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	2,530	1.28	1.30	$21.72	$45,170