District of Columbia · SOC 33-0000 · Annual, 2025
Protective service occupations in the District of Columbia
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 33-0000 in the District of Columbia, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 28,600 people in the District of Columbia worked in protective service occupations (SOC 33-0000), with an average annual wage of $85,940.
Employment in protective service occupations in the District of Columbia grew 10.7% from 2004 to 2025. This occupation group is 1.6× as concentrated in the District of Columbia as in the nation as a whole (location quotient 1.61). Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for the District of Columbia are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 28,600Employment, 2025
- $85,940Mean annual wage
- 3.9%Share of District of Columbia jobs
- 1.61Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 25,900; 2005 26,100; 2006 26,500; 2007 26,900; 2008 27,100; 2009 27,500; 2010 28,300; 2011 29,300; 2012 29,600; 2013 29,900; 2014 30,100; 2015 30,200; 2016 30,800; 2017 29,400; 2018 28,900; 2019 29,100; 2020 28,300; 2021 27,900; 2022 28,000; 2023 28,200; 2024 28,600; 2025 28,600.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28,636 | $85,944 | 0.1% |
| 2024 | 28,595 | $84,869 | 1.3% |
| 2023 | 28,239 | $81,279 | 0.9% |
| 2022 | 28,000 | $78,917 | 0.4% |
| 2021 | 27,901 | $78,596 | 1.4% |
| 2020 | 28,307 | $76,314 | 2.8% |
| 2019 | 29,109 | $71,477 | 0.6% |
| 2018 | 28,931 | $71,232 | 1.6% |
| 2017 | 29,393 | $68,382 | 4.7% |
| 2016 | 30,825 | $65,897 | 2.0% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
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Protective service occupations in District of Columbia, quarterly, at full depth
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