Protective Service
Transit & Railroad Police
SOC 33-3052
Protect passengers and property across transit and rail systems.
The job
Median pay
$90k
$69k to $119k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+3.2% projected
Openings a year
300
BLS projection
Typical education
High school
Our model
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
4/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
5th pct
More exposed than 5% of occupations · modeled estimate · 28th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
60/100
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Writing
- Active Learning
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 375 | 0.0 | 1.4× | $90k~ |
| New Jersey | 340 | 0.1 | 2.8× | $106k |
| Georgia | 240 | 0.0 | 1.7× | $58k |
| Illinois | 178 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $102k~ |
| Pennsylvania | 158 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $86k~ |
| Ohio | 139 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $94k~ |
| North Carolina | 135 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $83k~ |
| Virginia | 133 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $92k~ |
| Arizona | 104 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $92k~ |
| California | 100 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $110k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 96 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $118k~ |
| Michigan | 93 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $94k~ |
| Maryland | 90 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $99k~ |
| Missouri | 90 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $68k |
| Washington | 90 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $112k~ |
| Tennessee | 89 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $84k~ |
| Texas | 80 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $78k |
| Utah | 80 | 0.0 | 1.6× | $88k |
| Indiana | 78 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $88k~ |
| Colorado | 77 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $103k~ |
| Louisiana | 68 | 0.0 | 1.2× | $75k~ |
| South Carolina | 63 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $82k~ |
| Wisconsin | 63 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $108k~ |
| Nevada | 61 | 0.0 | 1.4× | $81k~ |
| Alabama | 57 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $80k~ |
| Minnesota | 57 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $106k~ |
| Kentucky | 51 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $76k~ |
| Oklahoma | 49 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $84k~ |
| Connecticut | 45 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $110k~ |
| Oregon | 45 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $107k~ |
| Florida | 40 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $70k |
| Mississippi | 39 | 0.0 | 1.2× | $67k~ |
| Kansas | 36 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $89k~ |
| Arkansas | 34 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $78k~ |
| Washington DC | 34 | 0.0 | 1.7× | $133k~ |
| New Mexico | 31 | 0.0 | 1.3× | $90k~ |
| Iowa | 28 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $96k~ |
| Hawaii | 24 | 0.0 | 1.4× | $100k~ |
| Nebraska | 20 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $109k~ |
| Idaho | 19 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $94k~ |
| West Virginia | 19 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $82k~ |
| Rhode Island | 15 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $107k~ |
| Maine | 14 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $93k~ |
| New Hampshire | 14 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $109k~ |
| Delaware | 12 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $93k~ |
| Montana | 11 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $104k~ |
| Alaska | 10 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $124k~ |
| North Dakota | 9 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $105k~ |
| South Dakota | 9 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $94k~ |
| Wyoming | 8 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $100k~ |
| Vermont | 6 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $103k~ |
Top metro areas
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD80 jobs · $104k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Transit & Railroad Police interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.