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Protective Service Workers

OH Employment Data

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$33,810
Starting Salary (2025)
$44,890
Median Salary (2025)
2.5%
Projected Job Growth
1,520
OH Employment (2025)

What personality traits do you need to succeed?

Integrity
Self-Control
Attention to Detail
Stress Tolerance
Dependability
Cooperation

What key skills are needed for this job?

Critical Thinking
Active Listening
Monitoring
Speaking
Judgment and Decision Making
Social Perceptiveness

Expected Knowledge

Public Safety and Security

Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

English Language

Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Law and Government

Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

Common Activities

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.

Processing Information

Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.

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