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title: "Criminal Justice Jobs"
description: "Careers across policing, investigation, corrections, the courts and federal law enforcement, from patrol and probation to special agents and intelligence…"
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/criminal-justice-jobs"
last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z"
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# Criminal Justice Jobs

Careers across policing, investigation, corrections, the courts and federal law enforcement, from patrol and probation to special agents and intelligence work. Careers centred on this field come first, then the ones that touch it, each group ranked by national median pay from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. Specialty careers, which BLS reports inside a broader occupation, show that occupation’s figures and are labelled on their pages.

48 occupations, in the ranked order the career bank computed. Wages are BLS OEWS, May 2025. Growth figures are BLS Employment Projections and education is the BLS "typical education needed for entry".

| # | Occupation | Median annual wage | Projected growth | Typical education |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Chief Security Officer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-security-officer) | $106,660 | +4.6% | Bachelor's |
| 2 | [First-Line Supervisor of Police and Detectives](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-police-and-detectives) | $106,040 | +3.3% | High school |
| 3 | [Police Chief](https://nuecareer.com/careers/police-chief) | $106,040 | +3.3% | High school |
| 4 | [ATF Special Agent](https://nuecareer.com/careers/atf-special-agent) | $93,790 | +0.2% | High school |
| 5 | [Counterintelligence Special Agent](https://nuecareer.com/careers/counterintelligence-special-agent) | $93,790 | +0.2% | Bachelor's |
| 6 | [DEA Special Agent](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dea-special-agent) | $93,790 | +0.2% | Bachelor's |
| 7 | [Deputy U.S. Marshal](https://nuecareer.com/careers/deputy-us-marshal) | $93,790 | +0.2% | High school |
| 8 | [Detective and Criminal Investigator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/detective-and-criminal-investigator) | $93,790 | +0.2% | High school |
| 9 | [Diplomatic Security Special Agent](https://nuecareer.com/careers/diplomatic-security-special-agent) | $93,790 | +0.2% | Bachelor's |
| 10 | [FBI Special Agent](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fbi-special-agent) | $93,790 | +0.2% | Bachelor's |
| 11 | [Intelligence Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/intelligence-analyst) | $93,790 | +0.2% | High school |
| 12 | [Police Identification and Records Officer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/police-identification-and-records-officer) | $93,790 | +0.2% | High school |
| 13 | [Secret Service Special Agent](https://nuecareer.com/careers/secret-service-special-agent) | $93,790 | +0.2% | Bachelor's |
| 14 | [Transit and Railroad Police](https://nuecareer.com/careers/transit-and-railroad-police) | $90,230 | +3.2% | High school |
| 15 | [Insider Threat Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/insider-threat-analyst) | $83,050 | +3.9% | Bachelor's |
| 16 | [Blockchain Forensics Investigator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/blockchain-forensics-investigator) | $81,100 | +4.1% | Bachelor's |
| 17 | [First-Line Supervisor of Correctional Officers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-correctional-officers) | $77,970 | -2.5% | High school |
| 18 | [Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/criminal-justice-and-law-enforcement-teacher-postsecondary) | $76,590 | +1.5% | Doctorate |
| 19 | [Accident Reconstructionist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/accident-reconstructionist) | $76,210 | +3.5% | High school |
| 20 | [Bomb Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/bomb-technician) | $76,210 | +3.5% | High school |
| 21 | [Border Patrol Agent](https://nuecareer.com/careers/border-patrol-agent) | $76,210 | +3.5% | High school |
| 22 | [Custom and Border Protection Officer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/custom-and-border-protection-officer) | $76,210 | +3.5% | High school |
| 23 | [Federal Air Marshal](https://nuecareer.com/careers/federal-air-marshal) | $76,210 | +3.5% | High school |
| 24 | [Police Officer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/police-officer) | $76,210 | +3.5% | High school |
| 25 | [Fire Marshal](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fire-marshal) | $75,920 | +4.2% | Certificate |
| 26 | [Pretrial Services Officer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pretrial-services-officer) | $66,270 | +3.0% | Bachelor's |
| 27 | [Probation Officer and Correctional Treatment Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/probation-officer-and-correctional-treatment-specialist) | $66,270 | +3.0% | Bachelor's |
| 28 | [Correctional Chaplain](https://nuecareer.com/careers/correctional-chaplain) | $60,810 | +2.4% | Master's |
| 29 | [Correctional Officer and Jailer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/correctional-officer-and-jailer) | $58,940 | -7.4% | High school |
| 30 | [Bailiff](https://nuecareer.com/careers/bailiff) | $56,600 | -1.9% | High school |
| 31 | [Bail Enforcement Agent](https://nuecareer.com/careers/bail-enforcement-agent) | $51,220 | +5.5% | High school |
| 32 | [Polygraph Examiner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/polygraph-examiner) | $51,220 | +5.5% | High school |
| 33 | [Private Detective and Investigator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/private-detective-and-investigator) | $51,220 | +5.5% | High school |
| 34 | [Crime Scene Cleaner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/crime-scene-cleaner) | $49,450 | +1.5% | High school |
| 35 | [Forensic Interviewer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/forensic-interviewer) | $45,930 | +7.4% | Bachelor's |
| 36 | [Reentry Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/reentry-specialist) | $45,930 | +7.4% | High school |
| 37 | [Victim Advocate](https://nuecareer.com/careers/victim-advocate) | $45,930 | +7.4% | High school |
| 38 | [Violence Interrupter](https://nuecareer.com/careers/violence-interrupter) | $45,930 | +7.4% | High school |
| 39 | [Executive Protection Agent](https://nuecareer.com/careers/executive-protection-agent) | $38,020 | +0.9% | High school |
| 40 | [Nuclear Security Officer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nuclear-security-officer) | $38,020 | +0.9% | High school |
| 41 | [Forensic Odontologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/forensic-odontologist) | $170,950 | +5.7% | Doctorate |
| 42 | [White-Collar Defense Attorney](https://nuecareer.com/careers/white-collar-defense-attorney) | $159,670 | +4.7% | Doctorate |
| 43 | [Federal Judge](https://nuecareer.com/careers/federal-judge) | $153,990 | +2.8% | Doctorate |
| 44 | [Judge](https://nuecareer.com/careers/judge) | $153,990 | +2.8% | Doctorate |
| 45 | [Digital Forensics Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/digital-forensics-analyst) | $116,580 | +5.1% | Bachelor's |
| 46 | [Incident Responder](https://nuecareer.com/careers/incident-responder) | $116,580 | +5.1% | Bachelor's |
| 47 | [Red Team Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/red-team-operator) | $116,580 | +5.1% | Bachelor's |
| 48 | [Threat Intelligence Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/threat-intelligence-analyst) | $116,580 | +5.1% | Bachelor's |

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology

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