Criminal Justice & Corrections

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    Average Wage
    $82,826
    growing 3.07%
    People in Workforce
    1.3M
    growing 3.17%
    Average Employee Age
    40.4
    growing 0.628%

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    Protective Services

    Employment

    Information on the businesses and industries that employ Protective Services graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.

    The average salary for Protective Services majors is $82,826 and the most common occupations are N/A.

    The industry that employs the most Protective Services majors is Justice, public order, & safety activities , though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is N/A.

    Yearly Income for Common Jobs

    The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Criminal Justice & Corrections is from the 2 Digit Course Protective Services.
    $82,826
    Average Wage in Workforce
    ± $1,609
    3.07%
    1 Year Growth
    ± 2.68%

    The average salary for Protective Services majors is $82,826 and the most common occupations are N/A.

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    Most Common

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    The most common occupations for Protective Services majors, by number of employees, are N/A.

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    Most Specialized

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    Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Protective Services majors working as N/A.

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    Highest Paid

    The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Criminal Justice & Corrections is from the 2 Digit Course Protective Services.

    The highest paid occupations by median income for Protective Services majors are Podiatrists, Surgeons, and Physicians.

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    Occupations by Share

    The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Criminal Justice & Corrections is from the 2 Digit Course Protective Services.
    1.3M
    2024 Workforce
    ± 27,827
    3.17%
    1 Year Growth
    ± 2.97%

    The number of Protective Services graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.17%, from 1.26M in 2023 to 1.3M in 2024.

    The largest single share of Protective Services graduates go on to work as N/A (NaNM%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Protective Services by share of the total number of graduates.

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    Most Common

    The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Criminal Justice & Corrections is from the 2 Digit Course Protective Services.

    The most common industries that employ Protective Services majors, by number of employees, are Justice, public order, & safety activities , Elementary & secondary schools, and Legal services.

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    Highest Paid

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    The highest paying industries of Protective Services majors, by average wage, are N/A.

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    Industries by Share

    The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Criminal Justice & Corrections is from the 2 Digit Course Protective Services.
    1.3M
    2024 Workforce
    ± 27,827
    3.17%
    1 Year Growth
    ± 2.97%

    The number of Protective Services graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.17%, from 1.26M in 2023 to 1.3M in 2024.

    The industry which employs the most Protective Services graduates by share is Justice, public order, & safety activities , followed by Elementary & secondary schools. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Protective Services.

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    Specialty Locations

    The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Criminal Justice & Corrections is from the 2 Digit Course Protective Services.

    This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Protective Services majors.

    Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Protective Services majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Protective Services in the United States.

    The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Protective Services is 40.4.

    N/A White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Protective Services (43,745 students).

    Workforce Age

    The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Criminal Justice & Corrections is from the 2 Digit Course Protective Services.
    40.4
    Average Age in 2024
    ± 0.252 Years
    0.628%
    1 Year Change
    ± 0.884%

    This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Protective Services. The most common ages of employees with this major are N/A and N/A years old, which represent N/A% and N/A% of the population, respectively.

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    Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

    This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Criminal Justice & Corrections for each race & ethnicity.

    In N/A, N/A students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

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    Global Diversity

    The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Criminal Justice & Corrections is from the 2 Digit Course Protective Services.
    Most Common Countries of Origin
    1. Mexico
      15,844 degree recipients
    2. India
      5,317 degree recipients
    3. Dominican Republic
      4,182 degree recipients
    N/A
    High Relative Number of Students
    N/A times more than expected

    There are a relatively high number of people that were born in N/A that hold Protective Services degrees (N/A times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (15,844 degree recipients).

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