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Alabama Department of Labor

Labor Market Information Division
Workforce Development Region 10
Protective Service Employment & Annual Average Job Openings
Base Year 2012 and Projected Year 2022
SOCOccupation 20122022Growth Rate Total Openings Growth Replacement
330000Protective Service Occupations 3,1303,2500.38951085
331000First-Line Supervisors/Managers, Protective Service Workers 3003100.3310010
331011First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Correctional Officers 60600.00000
331012First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Police and Detectives 1101100.00505
331021First-Line Supervisors/Managers, Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers 70700.00505
331099First-Line Supervisors/Managers, Protective Service Workers, All Other 70700.00000
332000Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers 4905000.2015015
332011Fire Fighters 4804800.0015015
332021Fire Inspectors and Investigators ******0.00000
332022Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists ******0.00000
333000Law Enforcement Workers 1,3801,4400.4345540
333011Bailiffs 10100.00000
333012Correctional Officers and Jailers 5605800.3515015
333021Detectives and Criminal Investigators 80800.00000
333031Fish and Game Wardens ******0.00000
333051Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 7007400.5625520
339000Other Protective Service Workers 9701,0100.4025520
339011Animal Control Workers 20200.00000
339021Private Detectives and Investigators 10100.00000
339032Security Guards 7808000.2515510
339091Crossing Guards 50500.00000
339092Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers ******0.00505
339093Transportation Security Screeners10100.00000
339099Protective Service Workers, All Other ******1.55505
Data provided by the Alabama Department of Labor, Labor Market Information Division in cooperation with the Projections Managing Partnership and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Totals in some occupational groups may not add due to exclusion of sub-groups and/or individual occupations with employment of less than 10 in the base (2012) and projected (2022) years or where publication of the occupation would violate confidentiality.
*** The data for these occupations are confidential according to standards provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
1. Employment is rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Average Annual Growth is compounded. 3. Openings are rounded to the nearest 5.