Security Guards Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Security Guards positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$38,370

National average

Salary Range

$29,800 – $59,580

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Security Guards Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Kennewick-Richland, WA$87,770$38,370$108,540
Idaho Falls, ID$79,470$35,010$106,080
District of Columbia$63,130$36,840$79,020
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$56,380$31,290$71,720
Fairbanks-College, AK$52,850$35,350$82,970
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$51,320$34,770$60,910
Boulder, CO$49,730$34,350$68,510
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$49,400$35,180$73,430
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$49,270$36,400$69,400
Walla Walla, WA$48,700$36,720$53,150
Alaska$48,620$35,290$81,190
Ithaca, NY$48,480$35,070$62,930
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$48,400$39,410$72,710
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$48,300$30,580$61,380
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$48,270$27,390$68,760
Anchorage, AK$48,260$35,650$81,760
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$48,140$35,740$62,230
Washington$48,010$38,030$73,480
Ann Arbor, MI$47,680$30,930$58,190
Rochester, MN$47,350$34,690$62,590
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$47,270$38,490$71,180
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$47,270$29,700$68,100
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$47,260$36,450$79,020
Greenville, NC$47,050$30,610$65,820
Hinesville, GA$47,050$28,690$57,180
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$46,740$41,720$62,710
Kokomo, IN$46,710$30,800$72,900
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$46,450$31,050$55,880
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$46,270$35,670$58,410
Colorado$46,080$34,490$58,780
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$46,080$35,410$71,170
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$46,030$36,090$63,420
Minnesota$46,020$34,720$71,050
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$45,930$36,860$69,410
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$45,930$43,760$62,520
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$45,860$36,290$124,310
Colorado Springs, CO$45,680$32,530$60,400
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$45,650$38,080$57,520
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$45,590$31,610$91,520
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$45,570$34,060$54,580
Barnstable Town, MA$45,530$34,670$60,610
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$45,300$36,340$57,830
Pittsfield, MA$45,190$33,720$67,640
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$45,050$37,370$124,450
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$44,960$37,900$68,230
Massachusetts$44,950$36,090$57,440
Utica-Rome, NY$44,790$33,270$68,280
St. George, UT$44,610$31,110$55,690
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$44,600$33,810$60,260
New Hampshire$44,510$35,430$63,190
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$44,470$33,420$58,700
Yakima, WA$44,320$36,930$67,390
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$44,270$33,820$50,290
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$44,190$34,720$77,500
Kingston, NY$44,130$34,260$64,480
Portland-South Portland, ME$44,100$34,570$57,650
California$43,930$36,180$59,320
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$43,920$35,870$52,990
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$43,890$31,200$52,020
Bellingham, WA$43,740$35,510$72,520
Bozeman, MT$43,700$31,110$58,150
Longview-Kelso, WA$43,700$36,250$80,760
Oregon$43,680$35,750$60,870
Napa, CA$43,560$36,860$82,240
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$43,530$38,350$72,650
Madison, WI$43,480$31,180$62,880
Syracuse, NY$43,460$34,820$68,600
Virginia$43,440$31,200$73,470
Pueblo, CO$43,420$29,990$56,340
Logan, UT-ID$43,290$30,800$64,170
Salinas, CA$43,280$36,380$59,550
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$43,080$29,690$59,230
Worcester, MA$43,060$34,440$50,110
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$43,040$34,380$59,070
Salem, OR$42,990$35,720$59,810
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$42,940$36,340$58,540
Lynchburg, VA$42,890$29,990$85,780
Manchester-Nashua, NH$42,820$35,680$56,020
Vermont$42,800$35,260$51,500
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$42,800$37,020$52,310
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$42,730$34,750$58,740
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$42,710$37,180$57,610
New York$42,680$35,630$60,150
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$42,680$33,900$57,220
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$42,590$31,220$76,160
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$42,480$32,000$49,750
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$42,480$36,000$60,680
Utah$42,440$32,950$53,300
Salisbury, MD$42,430$32,180$59,700
Jefferson City, MO$42,420$30,130$75,050
Decatur, IL$42,360$30,960$84,210
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$42,330$31,200$57,460
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$42,240$31,310$71,150
Charlottesville, VA$42,230$29,780$70,400
Rochester, NY$42,210$34,610$59,980
Chambersburg, PA$42,190$33,980$56,150
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$42,140$36,150$53,160
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$42,100$33,140$51,280
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$42,080$31,870$78,380
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$42,030$35,380$60,580
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$42,030$35,640$54,060
Mankato, MN$41,990$22,570$53,630
Abilene, TX$41,980$25,360$55,130
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$41,920$28,200$53,040
Springfield, IL$41,920$30,530$54,770
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$41,850$29,120$46,990
Janesville-Beloit, WI$41,830$30,800$54,540
Urban Honolulu, HI$41,770$29,750$57,360
Hawaii$41,770$30,220$59,290
Vallejo, CA$41,760$37,640$59,660
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$41,760$35,630$76,440
Kansas City, MO-KS$41,720$32,180$69,550
Bangor, ME$41,700$33,370$50,610
Rocky Mount, NC$41,590$29,700$76,240
Green Bay, WI$41,520$31,490$56,510
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$41,500$29,680$47,570
Great Falls, MT$41,480$29,320$43,400
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$41,480$30,840$51,780
Grand Forks, ND-MN$41,420$28,060$54,630
Maine$41,400$33,190$53,010
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$41,380$36,560$56,380
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$41,370$36,160$63,380
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$41,170$31,200$58,760
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$41,100$31,340$58,170
Reno, NV$41,090$31,480$50,440
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$41,050$35,500$53,980
Flagstaff, AZ$40,920$34,100$53,910
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$40,900$36,750$55,170
Grand Junction, CO$40,860$29,990$54,390
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$40,860$28,870$47,150
New Haven, CT$40,790$34,540$57,600
Saginaw, MI$40,790$30,220$61,600
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$40,790$35,270$58,150
Bend, OR$40,770$36,410$49,670
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$40,720$32,900$67,400
Missouri$40,680$31,010$69,550
Sandusky, OH$40,640$29,680$71,890
Medford, OR$40,640$34,010$55,050
Idaho$40,610$30,650$79,470
Springfield, MO$40,600$30,000$96,600
Elmira, NY$40,540$31,200$72,520
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$40,460$29,990$66,250
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$40,420$31,180$55,760
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$40,420$33,140$58,520
Sheboygan, WI$40,410$28,870$56,890
Monroe, MI$40,390$29,150$76,660
Fayetteville, NC$40,350$27,620$62,400
Dubuque, IA$40,320$29,550$47,450
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$40,270$31,300$62,240
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$40,260$35,290$59,570
Battle Creek, MI$40,240$30,400$49,590
Springfield, MA$40,210$33,650$58,260
Lexington Park, MD$40,060$31,200$77,800
Coeur d'Alene, ID$40,040$33,430$48,380
Connecticut$39,990$34,330$55,370
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$39,990$28,800$46,950
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$39,980$34,730$53,570
North Dakota$39,970$30,710$53,970
Midland, MI$39,930$30,790$49,840
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$39,900$33,140$58,020
Twin Falls, ID$39,870$26,120$54,480
St. Cloud, MN$39,860$23,380$69,010
Redding, CA$39,850$34,270$58,420
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$39,820$33,940$53,010
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$39,800$30,530$51,120
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$39,760$35,730$60,530
Omaha, NE-IA$39,700$35,620$61,310
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$39,690$29,120$51,110
Iowa City, IA$39,600$33,770$52,090
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$39,590$34,420$53,840
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$39,520$31,470$48,830
Eau Claire, WI$39,520$30,170$51,410
Glens Falls, NY$39,520$33,140$54,010
Florence, SC$39,450$24,750$47,230
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$39,320$34,260$55,630
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$39,310$31,660$48,600
Jackson, MI$39,240$28,640$51,130
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$39,160$31,110$45,820
Elizabethtown, KY$39,130$29,310$49,980
Wisconsin$39,110$31,010$56,570
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$39,110$34,250$55,060
Fargo, ND-MN$39,110$33,670$55,740
Dalton, GA$39,100$28,040$42,010
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$39,070$29,800$84,210
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$39,070$35,960$61,870
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$39,030$31,400$69,350
Santa Fe, NM$39,010$31,200$56,110
Binghamton, NY$38,980$31,200$52,580
Nebraska$38,940$33,680$61,310
Rhode Island$38,900$30,050$51,120
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$38,900$30,160$47,660
Peoria, IL$38,870$29,580$51,530
Asheville, NC$38,850$30,270$49,320
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$38,850$33,080$53,350
Reading, PA$38,790$29,970$48,650
Corvallis, OR$38,790$35,750$57,890
New Jersey$38,720$32,750$60,500
Modesto, CA$38,690$35,980$58,800
New Mexico$38,650$30,270$66,480
Minot, ND$38,650$33,130$57,320
Midland, TX$38,650$28,150$91,470
Illinois$38,630$35,580$59,190
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$38,630$36,050$59,190
Albuquerque, NM$38,620$30,360$61,160
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$38,620$30,370$67,410
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$38,590$31,540$59,890
Maryland$38,590$33,250$62,330
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$38,590$29,120$60,740
Billings, MT$38,580$29,210$52,140
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$38,560$34,310$49,660
Arizona$38,560$32,480$49,900
Vineland, NJ$38,540$31,470$55,320
Traverse City, MI$38,500$31,320$47,600
Bismarck, ND$38,490$30,710$50,330
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$38,490$34,070$58,740
Kenosha, WI$38,490$26,110$55,230
Wilmington, NC$38,480$29,790$62,090
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$38,480$31,530$49,560
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$38,460$34,900$56,620
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$38,440$28,870$45,160
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$38,380$30,990$47,420
State College, PA$38,350$25,320$52,680
Winchester, VA-WV$38,350$29,480$62,330
Nevada$38,340$28,970$48,500
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$38,340$28,910$48,500
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$38,310$29,330$53,810
Montana$38,300$28,770$47,940
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$38,210$34,320$60,020
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$38,210$25,170$55,190
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$38,200$33,250$54,370
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$38,190$28,000$54,610
Naples-Marco Island, FL$38,170$28,580$56,920
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$38,120$30,710$48,270
Michigan$38,120$27,970$54,600
Williamsport, PA$38,100$29,600$71,250
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$38,090$32,260$47,570
Rockford, IL$38,080$30,610$51,850
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$38,070$35,430$56,230
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$37,980$28,100$48,100
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$37,970$28,060$58,610
Richmond, VA$37,960$31,380$70,100
St. Louis, MO-IL$37,910$31,980$69,870
Tucson, AZ$37,850$31,160$50,460
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$37,810$31,020$61,860
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$37,780$34,330$55,220
Lincoln, NE$37,740$30,950$58,690
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$37,730$30,880$63,680
Oklahoma City, OK$37,720$26,170$66,960
Decatur, AL$37,720$29,210$60,200
Helena, MT$37,700$28,550$51,530
Delaware$37,690$34,520$78,010
Jonesboro, AR$37,690$29,370$52,850
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$37,690$33,400$58,370
Pennsylvania$37,680$29,860$51,810
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$37,660$28,850$48,530
Visalia, CA$37,630$33,280$51,570
Duluth, MN-WI$37,600$30,010$54,830
Fort Wayne, IN$37,590$29,900$63,000
Merced, CA$37,580$33,380$55,060
Indiana$37,560$30,330$64,210
Yuba City, CA$37,560$34,780$52,020
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$37,560$30,060$53,900
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$37,560$31,200$54,250
Ames, IA$37,510$30,700$45,530
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$37,510$26,910$46,890
Alexandria, LA$37,500$24,210$46,390
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$37,500$28,280$49,360
Greeley, CO$37,470$30,720$50,130
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$37,460$33,140$63,950
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$37,440$32,850$56,760
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$37,440$29,630$53,900
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$37,440$33,330$52,540
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$37,440$29,020$62,230
Stockton-Lodi, CA$37,420$34,940$56,740
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$37,410$30,760$51,730
Iowa$37,380$30,810$49,710
Cedar Rapids, IA$37,380$31,080$48,020
Lancaster, PA$37,360$29,770$49,100
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$37,350$28,140$77,820
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$37,330$30,920$59,380
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$37,320$27,620$100,310
Odessa, TX$37,290$27,410$68,950
Appleton, WI$37,280$30,890$47,800
Chico, CA$37,270$34,360$54,540
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$37,260$29,880$47,680
Roanoke, VA$37,220$29,470$60,780
West Virginia$37,220$23,310$59,270
Charleston, WV$37,220$28,990$59,270
Gainesville, GA$37,210$28,450$50,970
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$37,170$29,640$48,120
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$37,140$29,750$61,040
Boise City, ID$37,130$30,210$53,830
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$37,130$29,350$46,510
Champaign-Urbana, IL$37,100$29,120$54,690
Niles, MI$37,090$28,600$53,300
Arkansas$37,090$28,340$48,840
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$37,050$29,230$68,750
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$37,040$29,290$57,020
Lewiston, ID-WA$37,020$30,650$50,640
South Dakota$37,010$30,020$50,190
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$36,990$30,100$49,040
Harrisonburg, VA$36,990$29,980$60,230
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$36,990$28,290$56,510
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$36,970$28,340$45,280
Tuscaloosa, AL$36,960$26,510$49,430
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$36,950$30,880$55,150
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$36,920$27,040$54,740
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$36,880$30,040$76,940
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$36,850$27,250$72,800
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$36,840$31,670$57,200
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$36,810$28,910$66,410
Missoula, MT$36,800$28,770$46,470
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$36,770$31,150$45,800
Carson City, NV$36,770$30,850$53,190
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$36,750$27,430$55,870
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$36,740$29,570$49,970
Fresno, CA$36,740$33,280$48,960
Columbus, GA-AL$36,730$27,080$56,550
Columbus, OH$36,730$29,380$59,910
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$36,720$28,570$60,830
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$36,710$30,470$47,430
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$36,690$30,950$60,140
Fort Smith, AR-OK$36,690$28,850$56,780
Eugene-Springfield, OR$36,680$33,290$57,820
Albany, OR$36,640$32,930$55,370
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$36,640$33,800$48,020
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$36,630$29,350$55,790
Kankakee, IL$36,620$30,370$48,290
Wausau, WI$36,610$31,080$49,360
Oklahoma$36,580$26,360$58,980
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$36,570$29,380$60,700
Topeka, KS$36,560$30,470$57,120
Cheyenne, WY$36,540$30,650$53,340
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$36,510$29,270$55,680
Jacksonville, NC$36,500$23,980$74,250
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$36,460$30,110$49,920
Rapid City, SD$36,450$30,550$54,840
Killeen-Temple, TX$36,450$26,040$57,350
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$36,440$28,030$64,640
Joplin, MO-KS$36,430$29,880$59,520
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$36,400$29,190$51,590
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$36,340$29,590$50,840
Wyoming$36,330$28,150$49,290
Farmington, NM$36,330$28,450$53,040
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$36,310$24,890$48,630
Winston-Salem, NC$36,260$28,840$59,910
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$36,250$26,950$49,920
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$36,220$28,620$60,540
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$36,220$28,390$50,910
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$36,220$28,850$43,320
Pittsburgh, PA$36,210$29,230$47,920
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$36,210$30,820$48,070
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$36,200$29,040$49,100
Morgantown, WV$36,200$27,100$48,680
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$36,200$29,950$57,670
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$36,190$30,540$54,590
Ohio$36,180$28,540$61,940
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$36,150$28,670$49,620
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$36,150$29,280$72,150
St. Joseph, MO-KS$36,120$30,400$54,120
El Centro, CA$36,110$34,220$56,600
Columbus, IN$36,100$30,370$59,960
Florida$36,090$29,630$47,990
Kansas$36,090$29,730$58,310
Tennessee$36,090$28,690$60,200
Clarksville, TN-KY$36,090$28,520$51,460
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$36,090$27,310$46,420
Cleveland, OH$36,080$28,870$62,430
Tulsa, OK$36,070$26,700$57,970
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$36,040$30,830$62,520
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$36,000$29,720$49,800
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$35,990$29,680$46,870
Flint, MI$35,960$23,500$49,930
Knoxville, TN$35,960$29,250$63,210
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$35,960$30,160$52,890
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$35,960$29,130$49,170
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$35,950$26,760$50,990
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$35,940$29,570$44,380
Columbia, MO$35,940$29,380$49,590
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$35,920$27,970$53,790
North Carolina$35,900$28,930$58,010
Yuma, AZ$35,890$30,100$52,370
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$35,870$28,800$58,250
Lebanon, PA$35,870$28,650$52,260
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$35,860$29,360$51,690
Columbia, SC$35,830$27,340$38,940
Ogden, UT$35,820$29,660$48,890
Spartanburg, SC$35,820$28,480$68,450
Dover, DE$35,790$32,990$51,960
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$35,760$28,150$47,410
Muncie, IN$35,720$24,870$60,420
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$35,720$29,640$48,380
Erie, PA$35,700$28,870$49,800
Port St. Lucie, FL$35,670$29,580$43,960
Georgia$35,670$26,190$58,790
Bloomington, IN$35,640$30,230$69,370
Raleigh-Cary, NC$35,630$29,160$66,580
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$35,630$28,650$53,690
Gettysburg, PA$35,610$29,260$50,450
Bowling Green, KY$35,590$29,730$47,580
Chattanooga, TN-GA$35,550$25,530$60,200
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$35,530$30,080$51,780
Kentucky$35,520$28,680$48,730
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$35,510$29,600$55,320
Homosassa Springs, FL$35,480$27,810$58,080
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$35,430$28,750$50,000
Casper, WY$35,400$29,700$47,960
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$35,380$24,690$58,340
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$35,380$28,660$44,650
Lexington-Fayette, KY$35,370$28,800$46,520
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$35,360$26,990$60,200
Altoona, PA$35,350$28,540$43,930
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$35,300$29,600$56,860
Akron, OH$35,270$28,270$66,730
Jackson, TN$35,250$28,560$57,900
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$35,250$29,080$55,240
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$35,240$31,470$56,320
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$35,240$24,060$45,000
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$35,230$23,980$59,190
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$35,220$27,240$48,770
Savannah, GA$35,220$22,990$51,420
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$35,210$28,170$79,040
Springfield, OH$35,170$28,050$49,000
Grants Pass, OR$35,170$34,430$58,750
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$35,100$29,970$44,260
York-Hanover, PA$35,060$26,250$48,980
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$35,040$29,120$52,290
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$35,010$28,280$55,100
Huntsville, AL$34,990$28,560$60,040
Punta Gorda, FL$34,970$27,930$41,620
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$34,930$29,090$43,600
South Carolina$34,820$26,270$47,180
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$34,810$25,690$49,080
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$34,810$28,400$50,190
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$34,800$27,230$44,220
Las Cruces, NM$34,790$27,580$52,940
Grand Island, NE$34,780$30,230$50,080
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$34,770$28,660$64,690
Gainesville, FL$34,750$27,980$49,790
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$34,740$28,880$44,700
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$34,720$27,600$63,360
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$34,710$25,870$50,750
Baton Rouge, LA$34,690$22,270$67,000
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$34,690$29,430$53,460
Fond du Lac, WI$34,670$30,450$48,930
Evansville, IN$34,660$30,070$51,490
Wichita, KS$34,610$29,160$52,360
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$34,590$24,220$46,250
Bloomington, IL$34,570$31,350$50,450
Lawrence, KS$34,560$16,860$42,560
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$34,550$23,630$56,950
Lawton, OK$34,480$23,460$71,640
Hot Springs, AR$34,360$27,160$46,990
Tallahassee, FL$34,340$27,470$49,690
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$34,330$27,420$46,390
Lima, OH$34,320$22,710$65,200
San Angelo, TX$34,310$23,590$51,850
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$34,300$28,100$79,040
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$34,260$25,830$43,830
Toledo, OH$34,220$26,270$50,440
Pocatello, ID$34,180$28,190$46,390
Rome, GA$34,150$29,730$61,210
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$34,130$28,110$55,100
Jacksonville, FL$34,090$29,330$45,030
Macon-Bibb County, GA$34,070$21,900$56,770
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$33,890$28,960$52,590
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$33,840$31,090$51,420
Manhattan, KS$33,790$16,070$49,980
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$33,740$28,140$43,700
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$33,690$25,660$56,510
Texarkana, TX-AR$33,680$26,020$57,370
Goldsboro, NC$33,680$25,260$69,990
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$33,680$30,800$51,440
Youngstown-Warren, OH$33,680$24,410$56,820
Mansfield, OH$33,660$27,300$62,780
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$33,630$24,960$47,110
Greensboro-High Point, NC$33,600$28,200$52,000
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$33,590$28,740$45,530
Morristown, TN$33,580$26,890$46,970
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$33,540$26,830$48,800
Paducah, KY-IL$33,530$18,050$86,840
Warner Robins, GA$33,530$26,950$61,130
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$33,530$25,390$60,370
Texas$33,390$24,710$49,200
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$33,340$26,270$46,600
Valdosta, GA$33,280$21,270$52,320
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$33,280$23,470$45,970
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$33,270$27,960$47,260
Corpus Christi, TX$33,260$23,880$45,280
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$33,050$24,560$48,460
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$32,970$27,190$45,470
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$32,780$23,910$63,070
Cleveland, TN$32,760$28,730$45,820
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$32,550$27,490$42,290
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$32,480$22,280$55,120
Sherman-Denison, TX$32,480$25,790$50,940
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$32,480$27,940$50,530
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$32,420$21,710$48,920
College Station-Bryan, TX$32,280$25,070$46,280
Athens-Clarke County, GA$32,240$26,290$95,520
Burlington, NC$32,140$27,720$62,230
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$31,950$30,890$39,560
Terre Haute, IN$31,880$28,060$50,010
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$31,880$24,620$55,560
Owensboro, KY$31,800$28,620$48,730
Canton-Massillon, OH$31,800$27,660$57,720
Lubbock, TX$31,750$24,230$47,600
Louisiana$31,660$22,280$49,430
Hammond, LA$31,660$22,280$39,550
Victoria, TX$31,540$22,980$93,340
Tyler, TX$31,520$24,420$49,420
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$31,520$24,610$51,080
Johnstown, PA$31,470$21,790$44,210
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$31,440$22,980$66,810
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$31,410$23,520$44,130
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$31,400$22,920$46,630
Dothan, AL$31,360$23,750$73,780
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$31,330$21,560$45,520
Ocala, FL$31,280$24,960$41,500
Anniston-Oxford, AL$31,280$23,990$56,390
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$31,280$23,030$43,310
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$31,280$23,050$53,530
Wheeling, WV-OH$31,270$23,670$47,280
Alabama$31,210$23,350$46,400
Lake Charles, LA$31,140$21,810$49,340
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$31,130$23,670$47,080
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$31,110$25,590$43,460
Sebring, FL$31,110$28,280$39,700
Sumter, SC$31,110$23,870$58,090
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$31,050$24,580$53,020
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$31,050$22,960$45,550
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$31,030$22,820$41,990
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$31,030$22,430$52,000
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$31,010$24,400$42,050
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$30,930$21,230$56,570
Amarillo, TX$30,860$23,560$42,850
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$30,800$22,610$49,980
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$30,710$22,460$48,590
Mobile, AL$30,610$23,350$43,780
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$30,580$22,700$41,090
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$30,540$22,700$42,640
Virgin Islands$30,480$23,220$42,650
Wichita Falls, TX$30,480$23,860$47,240
Waco, TX$30,350$21,920$48,060
Montgomery, AL$30,330$23,310$42,550
Auburn-Opelika, AL$30,260$23,190$41,310
Bay City, MI$30,170$26,420$56,190
Gadsden, AL$30,070$21,790$38,520
Hattiesburg, MS$30,060$22,830$42,090
Birmingham, AL$29,990$23,170$43,820
Longview, TX$29,930$21,100$46,650
Eagle Pass, TX$29,850$23,880$51,690
Mississippi$29,710$22,110$46,340
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$29,470$23,960$40,380
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$29,280$22,800$46,390
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$29,260$21,840$45,750
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$29,170$24,290$43,950
Lafayette, LA$29,020$20,980$47,050
Jackson, MS$28,610$22,690$50,020
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$28,610$21,120$42,410
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$28,540$22,730$37,330
Johnson City, TN$28,460$28,050$42,360
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$28,450$22,510$50,420
Albany, GA$28,270$20,110$38,990
Enid, OK$28,180$24,960$67,950
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$28,170$21,670$44,420
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$28,130$20,700$43,410
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$27,620$22,390$45,230
Laredo, TX$27,390$22,320$35,870
El Paso, TX$26,760$22,500$42,720
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$25,920$17,060$36,090
Beckley, WV$24,100$21,490$31,280
Guam$22,100$20,710$37,150
Arecibo, PR$21,110$19,760$30,830
Mayaguez, PR$20,340$19,760$30,480
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area$20,240$19,760$39,500
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$20,210$19,760$21,910
Puerto Rico$20,210$19,760$22,050
Ponce, PR$20,190$19,760$29,070
Aguadilla, PR$19,950$19,760$21,840

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Security Guards make?

The median annual salary for a Security Guards is $38,370, with a typical range of $29,800 – $59,580 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Security Guards?

Entry-level Security Guards positions typically start around $29,800 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Security Guardss earn the most?

Security Guardss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.