Wisconsin · SOC 33-0000 · Annual, 2025
Protective service occupations in Wisconsin
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 33-0000 in Wisconsin, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 53,000 people in Wisconsin worked in protective service occupations (SOC 33-0000), with an average annual wage of $63,570.
Employment in protective service occupations in Wisconsin was essentially flat from 2004 to 2025 (-0.3%). This occupation group is less concentrated in Wisconsin than in the nation as a whole (location quotient 0.75). Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Wisconsin are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 53,000Employment, 2025
- $63,570Mean annual wage
- 1.8%Share of Wisconsin jobs
- 0.75Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 53,100; 2005 53,100; 2006 53,200; 2007 53,600; 2008 54,300; 2009 53,800; 2010 54,000; 2011 53,500; 2012 53,700; 2013 52,800; 2014 53,300; 2015 52,900; 2016 53,700; 2017 52,400; 2018 53,400; 2019 52,900; 2020 50,600; 2021 50,600; 2022 51,400; 2023 50,900; 2024 53,200; 2025 53,000.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52,984 | $63,572 | 0.3% |
| 2024 | 53,155 | $60,645 | 4.5% |
| 2023 | 50,882 | $58,278 | 0.9% |
| 2022 | 51,350 | $55,357 | 1.5% |
| 2021 | 50,613 | $52,422 | 0.0% |
| 2020 | 50,592 | $51,359 | 4.3% |
| 2019 | 52,852 | $47,105 | 1.0% |
| 2018 | 53,366 | $45,656 | 1.8% |
| 2017 | 52,397 | $44,764 | 2.4% |
| 2016 | 53,709 | $43,638 | 1.6% |
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.
Notes
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Protective service occupations in Wisconsin, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for protective service occupations in Wisconsin. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
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