Employment by Major Industry GroupEmployment by Occupational GroupAnnual Average Openings by Occupational GroupFastest Growing Occupations by Job GrowthFastest Declining Occupations by Job GrowthFastest Growing Occupations by Percentage ChangeOccupational Employment and Annual Average Job Needs
 
North Carolina Occupational Trends
 

Protective Service Occupations
Employment by Occupational Group
in 2006 and Projected to 2016

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Major Occupational Group
2006
Emp.
2016
Emp.
Annualized
Change
Animal Control Workers  590  700  1.78 
Bailiffs  290  350  1.81 
Correctional Officers and Jailers  18,100  21,730  1.85 
Crossing Guards  540  590  0.93 
Detectives and Criminal Investigators  2,790  3,570  2.50 
Fire Fighters  8,050  9,570  1.75 
First-line Super./Man. Of Correctional Officers  900  1,060  1.68 
First-line Super./Man. Of Police & Detectives  3,690  4,400  1.76 
First-line Supervisors/Managers Of Fire Fighting A 2,040  2,430  1.78 
First-line Supervisors/Managers, Protective Servic 1,880  2,220  1.67 
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Pro 3,280  4,110  2.27 
Parking Enforcement Workers  80  90  1.75 
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers  18,120  21,210  1.59 
Private Detectives and Investigators  1,640  2,040  2.21 
Protective Service Workers, All Other  1,990  2,410  1.95 
Security Guards  24,350  29,530  1.95 

* Indicates suppressed employment lower than 10