Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
The Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security Cluster includes careers in planning, managing, and providing legal, public safety, protective services and homeland security, including professional and technical support services.
Some jobs in this cluster are involve jails and prisons--jobs like wardens, parole officers and corrections officers. Others are important in emergency situations: firefighters, EMTs and HazMat workers. Still others involve investigating and solving crime.
This cluster also includes careers in legal services: paralegals, attorneys, judges and court reporters.
10 Top-Paying Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security Careers in Texas
- Lawyer
- Administrative Law Judge and Hearing Officer
- Judge, Magistrate Judge and Magistrate
- First-Line Supervisor of Police Officers and Detectives
- First-Line Supervisor of Firefighters
- Court Reporter
- Radio Operator
- Detective and Criminal Investigator
- Fire Inspector and Investigator
- Transit and Railroad Police
Note that entry-leve wages may be much lower than pay for average and experienced workers. Source: Texas Workforce Commission.
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