Numbers of Protective Service Occupations in Southwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Protective Service Occupations

Year	Number
2006	180
2007	70
2008	40
2009	100
2010	110
2011	100
2012	150
2013	180
2014	240
2015	160
2016	130
2017	120

Individual occupations

Firefighters

Year	Number
2013	0
2014	80
2015	70
2016	50
2017	60

Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers

Year	Number
2007	70
2008	0
2009	70
2010	80
2011	100
2012	120
2013	130
2014	120
2015	90
2016	80
2017	60

Security Guards

Year	Number
2008	40
2009	30
2010	30

Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers

Year	Number
2012	30
2013	50
2014	40