Pennsylvania · SOC 33-0000 · Annual, 2025
Protective service occupations in Pennsylvania
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 33-0000 in Pennsylvania, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 135,400 people in Pennsylvania worked in protective service occupations (SOC 33-0000), with an average annual wage of $67,440.
Employment in protective service occupations in Pennsylvania grew 8.5% from 2020 to 2025. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 135,400. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Pennsylvania are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 135,400Employment, 2025
- $67,440Mean annual wage
- 2.2%Share of Pennsylvania jobs
- 0.93Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 113,400; 2005 114,000; 2006 115,700; 2007 117,000; 2008 118,000; 2009 116,900; 2010 117,200; 2011 117,900; 2012 118,800; 2013 119,800; 2014 119,500; 2015 120,100; 2016 120,500; 2017 123,900; 2018 127,200; 2019 132,900; 2020 124,800; 2021 125,700; 2022 127,700; 2023 130,500; 2024 134,400; 2025 135,400.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 135,418 | $67,445 | 0.7% |
| 2024 | 134,431 | $64,850 | 3.0% |
| 2023 | 130,505 | $62,786 | 2.2% |
| 2022 | 127,747 | $61,710 | 1.7% |
| 2021 | 125,677 | $58,724 | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 124,835 | $57,123 | 6.1% |
| 2019 | 132,918 | $51,562 | 4.5% |
| 2018 | 127,209 | $50,202 | 2.7% |
| 2017 | 123,892 | $48,729 | 2.8% |
| 2016 | 120,482 | $47,723 | 0.3% |
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 Pennsylvania, quarterly, at full depth
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