NC Career Outlook: Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security career cluster


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Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security career cluster

occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	growth outlook	current workers	salary entry	salary all
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	23-1021.00	ESCI	Bachelor +	*	*	$43,520	$84,750
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	23-1023.00	ES	Bachelor +	*	*	$38,060	$72,450
Fire Inspectors and Investigators	33-2021.00	CR	work exp.	*	*	$34,600	$47,870
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists	33-2022.00	RCEI	work exp.	*	*	*	*
Transit and Railroad Police	33-3052.00	ESR	long OJT	*	*	*	*
Gaming Surveillance Officers and Gaming Investigators	33-9031.00	*	mod. OJT	*	*	*	*
Parking Enforcement Workers	33-3041.00	CR	short OJT	1.75	80	$21,110	$27,930
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators	23-1022.00	ESCI	Bachelor +	1.00	110	$35,160	$51,830
Bailiffs	33-3011.00	SEC	mod. OJT	1.81	290	$25,550	$32,250
Law Clerks	23-2092.00	ECSI	Bachelor	1.17	320	$22,420	$41,520
occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	growth outlook	current workers	salary entry	salary all
Emergency Management Specialists	13-1061.00	*	work exp.	1.18	490	$35,350	$48,440
Crossing Guards	33-9091.00	SRC	short OJT	0.93	540	$16,960	$22,940
Forensic Science Technicians	19-4092.00	ICR	Associate	2.92	550	$29,210	$39,810
Animal Control Workers	33-9011.00	SR	mod. OJT	1.78	590	$20,870	$28,810
Legal Support Workers, all other	23-2099.99	*	Bachelor	1.56	890	$21,980	$39,900
First-Line Supervisors/ Managers of Correctional Officers	33-1011.00	*	work exp.	1.68	900	$34,540	$45,500
Private Detectives and Investigators	33-9021.00	ESR	work exp.	2.21	1,640	$25,930	$44,080
First-Line Supervisors/ Managers, Protective Service Workers, all others	33-1099.99	*	work exp.	1.67	1,880	$29,850	$45,890
Protective Service Workers, all other	33-9099.99	*	short OJT	1.95	1,990	$19,520	$31,970
First-Line Supervisors/ Managers of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers	33-1021.00	RES	work exp.	1.78	2,040	$40,880	$56,110
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	33-3021.00	ES	work exp.	2.50	2,790	$34,310	$48,790
occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	growth outlook	current workers	salary entry	salary all
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	21-1092.00	SC	Bachelor	1.06	3,150	$34,360	$37,690
Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers	43-5031.00	SC	mod. OJT	1.88	3,170	$23,720	$29,600
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	33-9092.00	RS	short OJT	2.27	3,280	$14,610	$18,010
First-Line Supervisors/ Managers of Police and Detectives	33-1012.00	ESR	work exp.	1.76	3,690	$42,580	$57,810
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	23-2011.00	ECS	Associate	3.28	7,840	$28,140	$40,150
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	29-2041.00	SRI	1,2 year	1.95	8,040	$21,910	$30,450
Fire Fighters	33-2011.00	RS	long OJT	1.75	8,050	$21,940	$32,470
Lawyers	23-1011.00	ECIS	Profess.	2.19	13,280	$56,330	$113,660
Correctional Officers and Jailers	33-3012.00	RS	mod. OJT	1.85	18,100	$27,940	$31,590
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	33-3051.00	RSEC	long OJT	1.59	18,120	$29,990	$40,310
Security Guards	33-9032.00	SEC	short OJT	1.95	24,350	$16,770	$23,850

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SOC Codes

Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system classifies all careers and assigns a unique number to each. This SOC number can be used to follow up with other career databases.

Interests

Interests are the likes and dislikes of people who work in each career. Matching your interests can help you find a career that will be more satisfying and rewarding for you than occupations that do not meet your interests. Knowing your work interests can help you decide what kinds of jobs and careers you want to explore.

People and work environments can be classified into these six different groups:

Realistic - "Doers" - People who have athletic or mechanical ability, prefer to work with objects, machines, tools, plants or animals, or to be outdoors.
Investigative - "Thinkers" - People who like to observe, learn, investigate, analyze, evaluate or solve problems.
Artistic - "Creators" - People who have artistic, innovating or intuitional abilities and like to work in unstructured situations using their imagination and creativity.
Social - "Helpers" - People who like to work with people to enlighten, inform, help, train, or cure them, or are skilled with words.
Enterprising - "Persuaders" - People who like to work with people, influencing, persuading, performing, leading or managing for organizational goals or economic gain.
Conventional - "Organizers" - People who like to work with data, have clerical or numerical ability, carry out tasks in detail or follow through on others' instructions.

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Minimum Postsecondary Education Required

Minimum education is the usual minimum level of postsecondary (after high school) education required for each career.

Some careers have on-the-job training (OJT), which means that you go straight to the job and learn while you work.

short OJT - Short on-the-job training (less than one month)
mod. OJT - Moderate on-the-job training (1 to 12 months)
long OJT - Long on-the-job training (more than one year). Long OJT usually includes community college or trade school courses.

Some careers require further education after high school before starting the career.

1,2 year - One- or two-year program at a trade school or community college
Associate - Associate's degree - two-year degree program at a community college
Bachelor - Bachelor's degree - four-year degree program at a college or university
Bach+work - Bachelor's degree plus related work experience
Master - Master's degree - two or more years after Bachelor's degree
Doctorate - Doctorate degree - three or more years after Bachelor's degree
Profess. - Professional degree - three or more years after Bachelor's degree
work exp. - Work experience in a related occupation

Growth Outlook

Growth outlook is the projected growth of the number of career openings per year in North Carolina from 2006 to 2016. High growth means that the number of openings are increasing, so the likelihood of getting a job in this career is good. Low growth means that there may not be any openings, so the likelihood of getting a job in this career is not very good.

low - (red color) - below average projected growth rate (less than 1% growth per year)
moderate - (green color) - average projected growth rate (between 1 and 2.1% growth per year)
high - (blue color) - above average projected growth rate (over 2.1% growth per year)

White background indicates that growth outlook information is not available.

Number of Current Workers in NC

Current workers (2006 data) is the number of people in North Carolina who are full-time and part-time employees, workers on paid vacation or other type of paid leave, workers assigned temporarily to other units and paid owners, officers and staff of incorporated firms. This excludes proprietors, owners and partners of unincorporated firms, unpaid family workers, workers on unpaid leave and contractors and temporary agency employees not on the company payroll.

Entry-Level NC Salaries

Salary entry is the average salary for all entry-level (first-year) workers in this career in North Carolina. The entry wage is the mean of the first third of the wage distribution from the 2008 Occupational Employment Statistics combined wage file.

Salary includes straight time, gross pay, exclusive of premium pay. Base rate, cost-of-living allowances, tips, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay, commissions, production bonuses and on-call pay are included. Excluded is back pay, jury duty pay, overtime pay, severance pay, shift differentials, non-production bonuses and tuition reimbursements.

Average NC Salaries

Salary all is the average salary for all workers in this career in North Carolina. Data were prepared from the 2008 Occupational Employment Statistics combined wage file.

The data come from multiple data tables from the NC Employment Security Commission - Labor Market Information. Blanks in this table represent missing data, some due to confidentiality because of small numbers of workers in an occupation.

Database updated 09/02/09

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