The utility model relates to the technical field of electronic measuring instruments, and discloses a stainless steel digital display caliper with a protective structure, which comprises a caliper body and a digital display vernier, a positioning hole is arranged on one side of a measuring end at the bottom of the caliper body, an abutting bolt is movably arranged in the positioning hole, and the digital display vernier is arranged in the abutting bolt. A first U-shaped protective shell is movably installed on the surface of the abutting bolt, shaft sleeves are fixedly installed at the bottoms of the two sides of the first U-shaped protective shell, an assembling plate is movably installed on the surface of the abutting bolt and located on the outer side of the first U-shaped protective shell, and a second U-shaped protective shell is fixedly installed on the outer side of the assembling plate. Through the structural design of the abutting bolt, the first U-shaped protective shell, the shaft sleeve, the assembling plate and the second U-shaped protective shell, the function of protecting the measuring end of the digital caliper is achieved, so that the safety performance of the digital caliper can be improved, and the situation that the measuring end is damaged due to accidental collision or falling of the digital caliper in the using process is avoided.