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Protective Service

Specific interest area · O*NET

Protective Service is a specific interest area in the O*NET database, part of the Realistic Holland family. O*NET describes it as: "Work involves maintaining order and protecting life and property by conducting investigations and enforcing laws and regulations to prevent or solve crimes." It is scored for 891 occupations, which average 1.44 out of 7 on the Occupational Interest scale.

How it's measured

O*NET scores each occupation on this interest on a 0–7 Occupational Interest (OI) scale, where higher means the work more strongly rewards this interest. The figures here are those occupation-level scores — a description of what kind of work each job involves, not a ranking of which job is better, harder, or higher-paid.

Economy-wide average 1.44 / 7 Mean across all 891 scored occupations
Range across occupations 1.00–6.90 Lowest to highest occupation score (spread 5.90)
Prevalence vs. other interests 35th pct Where this interest's average ranks among all O*NET interest dimensions

Occupations that fit this interest best

The occupations that score this interest strongest on the 0–7 scale.

Occupation Score
Detectives and Criminal Investigators 6.90
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 6.90
Customs and Border Protection Officers 6.76
Security Guards 6.62
Transit and Railroad Police 6.59
Correctional Officers and Jailers 6.48
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 6.48
Fish and Game Wardens 6.27
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 6.13
Bailiffs 6.09
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 5.99
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 5.77
Transportation Security Screeners 5.56
Security Managers 5.42
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 5.34
Fire Inspectors and Investigators 5.27
Retail Loss Prevention Specialists 5.27
Private Detectives and Investigators 5.24
Public Safety Telecommunicators 5.02
Security Management Specialists 5.02
Police Identification and Records Officers 4.99
Animal Control Workers 4.84
Firefighters 4.80
Digital Forensics Analysts 4.73
Loss Prevention Managers 4.73

Occupations that fit this interest least

The occupations that score this interest weakest — where the work rarely rewards it.

Occupation Score
Telemarketers 1.00
Terrazzo Workers and Finishers 1.00
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders 1.00
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1.00
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1.00
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1.00
Tile and Stone Setters 1.00
Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters 1.00
Tire Builders 1.00
Tire Repairers and Changers 1.00
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners 1.00
Tool and Die Makers 1.00
Travel Agents 1.00
Tutors 1.00
Upholsterers 1.00
Video Game Designers 1.00
Watch and Clock Repairers 1.00
Web and Digital Interface Designers 1.00
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 1.00
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 1.00
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1.00
Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products 1.00
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 1.00
Word Processors and Typists 1.00
Writers and Authors 1.00

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

  • O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Protective Service." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/interests/protective-service

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Protective Service. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/interests/protective-service

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-protective-service,
  title  = {Protective Service},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/interests/protective-service}
}

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