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  "batch": "1666-job-discovery-niche-weird-but-real-jobs-angle-marketplaces",
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    {
      "id": "learn_r1666_job_discovery_niche_weird_but_real_jobs_angle_marketplaces_protective_service_workers_all_other_onet",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "Protective Service Workers, All Other (Retail Loss Prevention Specialists): job_overview",
      "summary": "A Protective Service Worker, All Other implements procedures and systems to prevent merchandise loss and conducts audits and investigations of employee activity.",
      "body": "A Protective Service Worker, All Other implements procedures and systems to prevent merchandise loss and conducts audits and investigations of employee activity.\n\nWhat O*NET Resource Center / U.S. Department of Labor actually says:\n\n“Median wages (2025) $20.45 hourly, $42,540 annual. Employment (2025) 82,100 employees. Projected growth (2025-2035) Average (3% to 4%). Projected job openings (2025-2035) 22,600.”\n\nNote: O*NET summary page for SOC 33-9099.00; Retail Loss Prevention Specialists is a specific subset (33-9099.02)",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/33-9099.00",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-06",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "O*NET Resource Center / U.S. Department of Labor",
      "evidence_quote": "Median wages (2025) $20.45 hourly, $42,540 annual. Employment (2025) 82,100 employees. Projected growth (2025-2035) Average (3% to 4%). Projected job openings (2025-2035) 22,600.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "1666-job-discovery-niche-weird-but-real-jobs-angle-marketplaces",
      "subject": "Protective Service Workers, All Other (Retail Loss Prevention Specialists)",
      "topic": "job_overview",
      "applies_to_country": "*",
      "applies_to_scope": "SOC 33-9099.00 - Protective Service Workers, All Other",
      "job": {
        "job_name": "Protective Service Workers, All Other (SOC 33-9099.00)",
        "category": "Security & Protection",
        "what_it_is": "Occupation covering protective service roles including retail loss prevention specialists; duties include implementing loss-prevention procedures, conducting audits, and investigating employee activity.",
        "startup_cost": "None reported (on-the-job training)",
        "skill_level": "Moderate preparation needed; typically requires high school diploma and some work experience",
        "typical_pay_range": "$42,540 annual / $20.45 hourly median (2025 BLS/O*NET)",
        "pay_unit": "annual and hourly",
        "where_to_find_work": "Retail stores, Loss prevention agencies, Security firms",
        "adjacent_jobs": "Retail Loss Prevention Specialists, Transportation Security Screeners"
      },
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "money.payout"
        ],
        "explicitness": "clothed"
      }
    }
  ]
}