Criminal Justice Associate's Degree Career Salary Data

Security Guards - $21,500 *+17 percent growth through 2016

Security guards are usually the first people to the scene. Security guards need to answer alarms and investigate disturbances, call police or fire department in case of emergency, patrol certain areas of the building to maintain order and protect property, inspect and adjust security systems, equipment, or machinery to ensure operational use and to detect evidence of tampering.

---

Rehabilitation Counselors - $29,200 *+23 percent growth through 2016

Counsel individuals to maximize the independence and employability of people coping with personal, social, and vocational difficulties. These difficulties could be a result from birth defects, illness, disease, accidents, or the stress of daily life. Counselors coordinate activities for residents of care and treatment facilities, assess client needs, and design and implement rehabilitation programs that may include personal and vocational counseling, training, and job placement.

---

Correctional Officers and Jailers - $35,800 *+17 percent growth through 2016

A jailer will guard inmates in penal institutions and correctional officers work in rehabilitative institutions, in accordance with established regulations and procedures. Jailers may guard prisoners in transit; between jail, courtrooms, prison, or other point. Include deputy sheriffs and police who spend the majority of their time guarding prisoners in correctional institutions.

---

Police and Sherriff's Patrol Officers - $47,500 *+11 percent growth through 2016

A police or sheriff's patrol officer will maintain order, enforce laws and ordinances, and protect life and property in an assigned patrol district. He or she will perform a combination of following duties: patrol a specific area on foot or in a vehicle; direct traffic; issue traffic summonses; investigate accidents; apprehend and arrest suspects, or serve legal processes of courts.