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Employment Projections |
2022-2032 Annual |
1Q2023 Wages |
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2022 |
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10 Year Change Net / Percent |
Exits |
Transfers |
Change |
Total |
Hourly |
Annual |
 | Protective Service | 32,345 | 34,237 | 1,892 | 5.8 | 1,815 | 2,012 | 189 | 4,016 | $ 28.50 | $ 59,282 |
Supervisors of Protective Service Workers | 3,853 | 4,181 | 328 | 8.5% | 121 | 164 | 33 | 318 |  |
 | First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers |  | 479 | 489 | 10 | 2.1% | 16 | 22 | 1 | 39 | $39.39 | $81,928 | High school or equivalent < 5 years Short |  |  |  |
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 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives |  | 1,586 | 1,747 | 161 | 10.1% | 46 | 62 | 16 | 124 | $54.07 | $112,450 | High school or equivalent < 5 years Short |  |  |  |
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 | First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers |  | 961 | 1,064 | 103 | 10.7% | 25 | 36 | 10 | 71 | $49.26 | $102,452 | Postsecondary < 5 years Short |  |  |  |
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 | First-line Supervisors of Security Workers |  | 516 | 523 | 7 | 1.4% | 21 | 26 | 1 | 48 | $24.99 | $51,973 | High school or equivalent < 5 years Short |  |  |  |
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 | First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other |  | 311 | 358 | 47 | 15.1% | 13 | 17 | 5 | 35 | $32.68 | $67,971 | High school or equivalent < 5 years Short |  |  |  |
Firefighting and Prevention Workers | 2,631 | 2,922 | 291 | 11.1% | 76 | 133 | 29 | 238 |  |
 | Firefighters |  | 2,267 | 2,516 | 249 | 11.0% | 62 | 115 | 25 | 202 | $37.90 | $78,836 | Postsecondary |  |  |  |
Law Enforcement Workers | 9,555 | 10,133 | 578 | 6.1% | 308 | 470 | 58 | 836 |  |
 | Correctional Officers and Jailers |  | 2,765 | 2,678 | -87 | -3.2% | 94 | 141 | -9 | 226 | $29.67 | $61,704 | High school or equivalent |  |  |  |
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 | Detectives and Criminal Investigators |  | 681 | 744 | 63 | 9.3% | 23 | 30 | 6 | 59 | $48.07 | $99,978 | High school or equivalent < 5 years Short |  |  |  |
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 | Fish and Game Wardens |  | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | $29.44 | $61,230 | Bachelor's Short |  |  |  |
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 | Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers |  | 5,992 | 6,592 | 600 | 10.0% | 184 | 294 | 60 | 538 | $42.29 | $87,969 | High school or equivalent Short |  |  |  |
Other Protective Service Workers | 16,306 | 17,001 | 695 | 4.3% | 1,310 | 1,245 | 70 | 2,625 |  |
 | Private Detectives and Investigators | 435 | 475 | 40 | 9.2% | 19 | 22 | 4 | 45 | $34.53 | $71,826 | High school or equivalent < 5 years Short |  |  |  |
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 | Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators |  | 427 | 479 | 52 | 12.2% | 26 | 34 | 5 | 65 |  | | High school or equivalent < 5 years |  |  |  |
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 | Security Guards |  | 11,811 | 12,061 | 250 | 2.1% | 690 | 887 | 25 | 1,602 | $18.65 | $38,789 | High school or equivalent |  |  |  |
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 | Crossing Guards and Flaggers |  | 1,465 | 1,585 | 120 | 8.2% | 260 | 79 | 12 | 351 | $18.05 | $37,542 | No formal credential Moderate |  |  |  |
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 | Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers |  | 785 | 885 | 100 | 12.7% | 133 | 112 | 10 | 255 | $15.40 | $32,037 | No formal credential Short |  |  |  |
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 | School Bus Monitors |  | 592 | 653 | 61 | 10.3% | 87 | 29 | 6 | 122 | $17.82 | $37,068 | High school or equivalent Short |  |  |  |
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 | Protective Service Workers, All Other |  | 474 | 515 | 41 | 8.6% | 79 | 66 | 4 | 149 | $24.35 | $50,654 | High school or equivalent Short |  |  |  |