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Protective Service Occupations — Employment

Occupation metric · SOC 33-0000 · Protective Service · BLS OEWS · Annual · National

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Latest reading May 2025

3.78M +3.33%up YoY
Atlanta
64,330 May 2025

Employment · BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · National · May 2021 – May 2025

Protective Service Occupations — Employment, National. 5 observations from May 2021 to May 2025.
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What's happening with Protective Service Occupations

Employment for Protective Service Occupations in the U.S. is 3,776,610 (May 2025), up 3.33% from a year earlier. Median annual pay is $50,080.

Source: BLS OEWS · May 2025

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Key Stats

Latest3,776,610 personsMay 2025
Prior Year3,654,9102024
Year Change+3.33%upYoY
3-Yr Change+9.86%upsince 2022
Protective Service3,776,610May 2025
All Occupations155,495,730May 2025
Atlanta Reading64,330May 2025
Observations52021 – 2025
SOC Code33-0000
Occupation FamilyProtective Service33-0000

Other Measures for Protective Service Occupations National

Median Annual Pay $50,080 −0.99%down YoYMay 2025
Mean Annual Pay $60,720 −0.46%down YoYMay 2025
P10 Pay $32,850 +2.53%up YoYMay 2025
P25 Pay $37,350 −0.61%down YoYMay 2025
P75 Pay $75,990 −0.20%down YoYMay 2025
P90 Pay $102,470 −1.47%down YoYMay 2025

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All Occupations — Employment

155.5M
+0.85%up YoY

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  • Compensation the published pay distribution, 10th to 90th percentile
  • Demand employment and its change from a year earlier
  • Employment concentration jobs per 1,000 and the location quotient
  • Atlanta vs. national the same measures side by side where Atlanta publishes them
  • Hiring conditions market-wide openings, hires, quits and layoffs

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Performance Overview change over each horizon the series supports

Employment · 1 Year

+3.33%up

May 2025

  • Protective Service +3.33%up
  • All occupations +0.85%up

Employment · 3 Year

+9.86%up

since 2022

Data & Methodology

Source BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)
Dataset bls.oews
Reference Period May 2025
Frequency Annual
Seasonal Adjustment Not stated
Geography National
Unit persons
Metric ID bls.oews.employment.soc_33_0000
Observations 5
Last Fetched moments ago
SOC Code 33-0000
Role Page Protective Service Occupations

National is the default geography. Atlanta Beta covers msa:12060 only.

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