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Protective Service Workers, All Other · SOC 33-9099

Protective Service Workers, All Other Salary in the Denver Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area

Figures describe the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Denver city limits.

Median annual wage$43,720
Median hourly wage$21.02

Protective Service Workers, All Other in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area earned a median of $43,720 per year ($21.02 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $36,670 at the 10th percentile to $64,560 at the 90th. BLS estimates 2,550 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Protective Service Workers, All Other in the Denver metro area earn more than $43,720 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $41,110 and $58,980.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$36,670$41,110$43,720$58,980$64,560
Hourly$17.63$19.77$21.02$28.36$31.04

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Denver metro areathis metro area
    $43,720
  • Coloradostate (CO)
    $44,340
  • United Statesnational
    $42,540

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −1% vs Colorado overall and +3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$21,840$37,953$54,067$70,180Aguadilla, PR — $21,840Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $23,470Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $24,320Reading, PA — $27,920McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $27,950Clarksville, TN-KY — $27,960San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $28,260Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $29,840Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $30,400Billings, MT — $30,830Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $31,270San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $32,470State College, PA — $33,000Erie, PA — $33,020York-Hanover, PA — $33,260Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $33,470Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $33,500Roanoke, VA — $33,640Williamsport, PA — $33,840Lancaster, PA — $33,950Winchester, VA-WV — $34,540Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $34,610Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $34,940Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $35,030Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $35,060Pueblo, CO — $35,360Green Bay, WI — $35,410Fresno, CA — $35,570Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $35,650Duluth, MN-WI — $35,720El Centro, CA — $35,750Pittsburgh, PA — $36,080Johnson City, TN — $36,110New Haven, CT — $36,120Lake Charles, LA — $36,390Toledo, OH — $37,010Cheyenne, WY — $37,020Salinas, CA — $37,050Colorado Springs, CO — $37,200Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $37,290Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $37,310Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $37,370Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $37,400Stockton-Lodi, CA — $37,530Yuba City, CA — $37,710Syracuse, NY — $37,720Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $38,010Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $38,020Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $38,330Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $38,450Chico, CA — $38,460Youngstown-Warren, OH — $38,540Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $38,660Merced, CA — $38,740Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $38,810Lebanon, PA — $38,840Redding, CA — $38,860Topeka, KS — $39,250Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $39,480El Paso, TX — $39,720Charleston, WV — $39,850Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $39,910Tulsa, OK — $39,960Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $40,330Traverse City, MI — $40,330Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $40,820Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $41,320Gettysburg, PA — $41,600Monroe, LA — $41,820Yakima, WA — $41,850Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $42,170North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $42,200Wichita, KS — $42,440Savannah, GA — $42,470Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $42,690Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $43,050Visalia, CA — $43,090Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $43,210Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $43,240St. George, UT — $43,330New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $43,480Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $43,490Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $43,700Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $43,720Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $43,950Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $43,970Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $43,970San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $44,270Jacksonville, FL — $44,280Portland-South Portland, ME — $44,360San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $44,490Canton-Massillon, OH — $44,840Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $44,980Modesto, CA — $44,990Anchorage, AK — $45,000Wilmington, NC — $45,010Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $45,040Cleveland, OH — $45,050Lynchburg, VA — $45,060Rochester, NY — $45,140Hammond, LA — $45,230Vallejo, CA — $45,360Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $45,390Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $45,390Tucson, AZ — $45,550Knoxville, TN — $45,620St. Louis, MO-IL — $45,690Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $45,770Greeley, CO — $45,860Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $45,950Akron, OH — $46,030Napa, CA — $46,110Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $46,320Boise City, ID — $46,580Worcester, MA — $46,590Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $46,710Ogden, UT — $46,730Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $46,760Columbus, OH — $46,800Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $46,860Boulder, CO — $47,040Kansas City, MO-KS — $47,070Fort Wayne, IN — $47,180Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $47,220Casper, WY — $47,380Raleigh-Cary, NC — $47,540Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $47,570Las Cruces, NM — $47,790Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $47,910Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $47,990Asheville, NC — $48,030Baton Rouge, LA — $48,480Omaha, NE-IA — $48,530Tallahassee, FL — $48,650Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $49,140Kenosha, WI — $49,490Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $49,570Urban Honolulu, HI — $49,910Rapid City, SD — $49,940Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $50,110Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $50,400Bellingham, WA — $50,520Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $50,560Grand Junction, CO — $50,820Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $50,930Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $51,040Columbia, SC — $51,630Jackson, MS — $51,770Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $51,770Lexington Park, MD — $51,860Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $51,890Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $52,170Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $52,190Lafayette, LA — $52,420Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $52,780Bend, OR — $52,870Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $53,470Bismarck, ND — $54,620Albuquerque, NM — $55,370Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $55,430Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $55,590San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $56,240Fargo, ND-MN — $56,310Barnstable Town, MA — $56,330Flagstaff, AZ — $56,620Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $56,930Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $57,490Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $57,790New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $57,920Salem, OR — $58,100Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $58,780Madison, WI — $59,140Lexington-Fayette, KY — $60,230Corpus Christi, TX — $60,590Grants Pass, OR — $60,900Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $61,630Medford, OR — $62,400Reno, NV — $63,250Naples-Marco Island, FL — $69,240Albany, OR — $70,180

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Denver metro area has the 97th-highest published median for this occupation among the 180 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Colorado

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for protective service workers, all other, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Denver metro areathis page
    $43,720
  • Grand Junction metro area
    $50,820
  • Boulder metro area
    $47,040
  • Greeley metro area
    $45,860
  • Fort Collins metro area
    $42,690
  • Colorado Springs metro area
    $37,200
  • Pueblo metro area
    $35,360

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Security Guards$45,420Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$101,970Firefighters$87,980Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$36,620Correctional Officers and Jailers$65,660Crossing Guards and Flaggers$35,620

Highest-paying metro areas for protective service workers, all others · Highest-paying occupations in Denver Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.