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Security guards

Security guards
Security guards -- jobs in the United States

Table showing the approximate number of people employed as Security guards and their average hourly wage and annual salary for selected cities and municipalities in the United States. All figures are from the U.S. Department of Labor.

CityNo. EmployedAvg Hourly WageAvg Annual Salary
Abilene, TX220$9.34$19,430
Aguadilla, PR310$6.66$13,860
Akron, OH2,230$13.30$27,670
Albany, GA720$7.63$15,870
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY2,790$10.70$22,250
Albuquerque, NM4,250$10.20$21,210
Alexandria, LA240$8.63$17,960
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA960$10.05$20,910
Altoona, PA240$7.76$16,140
Amarillo, TX410$8.83$18,360
Anchorage, AK1,050$13.35$27,770
Ann Arbor, MI PMSA1,140$10.54$21,930
Anniston, AL500$10.43$21,700
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI380$9.66$20,100
Arecibo, PR870$6.31$13,130
Asheville, NC850$9.93$20,650
Athens, GA230$9.29$19,320
Atlanta, GA18,660$10.16$21,130
Atlantic-Cape May, NJ3,580$11.53$23,970
Auburn-Opelika, AL280$7.03$14,610
Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC2,630$10.84$22,560
Austin-San Marcos, TX4,130$10.73$22,310
Bakersfield, CA1,180$9.72$20,220
Baltimore, MD PMSA11,810$11.68$24,290
Bangor, ME440$8.74$18,170
Barnstable-Yarmouth, MA270$11.77$24,470
Baton Rouge, LA3,000$9.68$20,140
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX790$9.20$19,140
Bellingham, WA360$10.20$21,220
Benton Harbor, MI**$9.27$19,280
Bergen-Passaic, NJ5,300$10.94$22,750
Billings, MT260$9.57$19,910
Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS1,730$9.05$18,830
Binghamton, NY650$10.10$21,010
Birmingham, AL4,420$8.92$18,550
Bismarck, ND160$10.03$20,860
Bloomington-Normal, IL650$9.42$19,590
Boise City, ID1,730$10.63$22,120
Boston, MA-NH PMSA16,290$11.54$24,000
Boulder-Longmont, CO PMSA340$11.58$24,090
Brazoria, TX370$10.28$21,380
Bremerton, WA380$13.13$27,310
Bridgeport, CT PMSA1,590$10.97$22,810
Brockton, MA PMSA390$9.92$20,640
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX1,240$8.03$16,700
Bryan-College Station, TX350$8.04$16,730
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY4,110$9.16$19,050
Burlington, VT500$11.17$23,220
Caguas, PR1,060$6.30$13,100
Canton-Massillon, OH860$9.42$19,590
Casper, WY130$8.77$18,240
Cedar Rapids, IA560$10.58$22,010
Charleston, WV1,400$7.40$15,390
Charleston-North Charleston, SC1,510$9.96$20,710
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC5,820$11.25$23,410
Charlottesville, VA340$10.70$22,260
Chattanooga, TN-GA1,810$8.81$18,330
Cheyenne, WY160$11.41$23,740
Chicago, IL PMSA34,120$10.97$22,830
Chico-Paradise, CA240$9.10$18,930
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN5,240$10.46$21,760
Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY500$6.75$14,050
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH9,260$10.73$22,330
Columbia, MO180$12.35$25,690
Columbia, SC2,100$9.01$18,740
Columbus, GA-AL660$10.21$21,240
Columbus, OH4,390$11.16$23,220
Corpus Christi, TX1,240$8.09$16,820
Corvallis, OR40$12.51$26,020
Cumberland, MD-WV150$11.14$23,160
Dallas, TX16,260$10.77$22,410
Danbury, CT PMSA310$11.61$24,140
Danville, VA80$9.58$19,920
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL1,200$9.28$19,300
Daytona Beach, FL760$8.44$17,550
Dayton-Springfield, OH2,510$9.48$19,730
Decatur, AL530$8.75$18,200
Denver, CO PMSA8,000$12.37$25,720
Des Moines, IA2,090$11.39$23,690
Detroit, MI PMSA17,930$10.72$22,300
Dothan, AL600$9.64$20,050
Dover, DE400$10.89$22,640
Dubuque, IA230$10.15$21,100
Duluth-Superior, MN-WI510$10.08$20,960
Dutchess County, NY560$11.51$23,940
Eau Claire, WI170$8.59$17,860
El Paso, TX3,390$8.05$16,740
Elkhart-Goshen, IN460$9.31$19,360
Elmira, NY130$11.19$23,280
Enid, OK70$9.72$20,230
Erie, PA790$10.13$21,060
Eugene-Springfield, OR700$9.70$20,180
Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY890$9.81$20,400
Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN450$9.27$19,280
Fayetteville, NC1,070$8.49$17,660
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR470$9.98$20,760
Fitchburg-Leominster, MA PMSA200$11.34$23,580
Flagstaff, AZ-UT330$11.24$23,380
Flint, MI PMSA1,420$10.09$20,980
Florence, AL150$8.99$18,690
Florence, SC310$9.13$19,000
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO580$10.47$21,780
Fort Lauderdale, FL PMSA6,480$9.78$20,350
Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL1,810$8.82$18,350
Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, FL800$9.75$20,280
Fort Smith, AR-OK530$7.62$15,840
Fort Walton Beach, FL490$8.63$17,960
Fort Wayne, IN1,870$9.48$19,730
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX4,920$11.43$23,780
Fresno, CA2,310$9.00$18,710
Gadsden, AL120$10.30$21,430
Gainesville, FL580$9.58$19,920
Galveston-Texas City, TX560$10.86$22,580
Gary, IN PMSA2,350$9.49$19,740
Glens Falls, NY170$9.57$19,910
Goldsboro, NC110$9.67$20,110
Grand Forks, ND-MN160$8.40$17,460
Grand Junction, CO100$10.78$22,420
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI2,850$10.36$21,550
Great Falls, MT**$6.81$14,170
Greeley, CO PMSA290$9.93$20,660
Green Bay, WI720$9.69$20,150
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC3,450$10.53$21,900
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC2,360$8.98$18,670
Hamilton-Middletown, OH320$12.09$25,140
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA2,060$9.53$19,820
Hartford, CT4,280$11.14$23,170
Hattiesburg, MS270$8.20$17,060
Honolulu, HI6,490$10.29$21,400
Houma, LA330$7.91$16,450
Houston, TX17,330$9.77$20,320
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH530$8.43$17,530
Huntsville, AL1,470$9.52$19,800
Indianapolis, IN7,400$9.83$20,450
Iowa City, IA280$8.95$18,620
Jackson, MI280$10.15$21,100
Jackson, MS2,630$7.50$15,600
Jackson, TN**$8.58$17,850
Jacksonville, FL4,680$8.77$18,240
Jacksonville, NC**$8.40$17,460
Jamestown, NY100$9.67$20,120
Janesville-Beloit, WI340$9.55$19,860
Jersey City, NJ3,160$12.33$25,640
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA1,630$8.81$18,320
Johnstown, PA400$8.09$16,820
Jonesboro, AR290$7.36$15,300
Joplin, MO260$8.42$17,520
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI1,140$10.07$20,950
Kankakee, IL PMSA530$9.63$20,020
Kansas City, MO-KS7,080$12.06$25,080
Kenosha, WI170$9.84$20,470
Killeen-Temple, TX350$8.68$18,050
Knoxville, TN2,250$8.99$18,690
Kokomo, IN120$12.13$25,230
La Crosse, WI-MN280$8.41$17,480
Lafayette, IN**$11.56$24,050
Lafayette, LA980$8.58$17,840
Lake Charles, LA650$8.81$18,320
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL1,060$10.56$21,970
Lancaster, PA670$10.17$21,150
Lansing-East Lansing, MI970$9.69$20,150
Laredo, TX990$7.88$16,400
Las Cruces, NM360$8.94$18,590
Las Vegas, NV-AZ12,410$10.95$22,780
Lawrence, KS170$9.99$20,780
Lawrence, MA-NH PMSA690$11.46$23,830
Lawton, OK220$9.66$20,090
Lewiston-Auburn, ME170$10.65$22,160
Lexington, KY1,910$10.17$21,150
Lima, OH310$9.77$20,330
Lincoln, NE800$9.58$19,930
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR2,740$9.01$18,750
Longview-Marshall, TX350$10.24$21,300
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA51,060$10.38$21,590
Louisville, KY-IN3,660$10.15$21,120
Lowell, MA-NH PMSA960$11.13$23,140
Lubbock, TX550$9.15$19,040
Lynchburg, VA610$10.69$22,230
Macon, GA740$10.10$21,000
Madison, WI970$8.57$17,840
Manchester, NH690$10.30$21,410
Mayaguez, PR2,140$6.95$14,460
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX1,120$7.78$16,180
Medford-Ashland, OR190$11.10$23,090
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL1,320$11.04$22,970
Memphis, TN-AR-MS7,850$9.61$19,990
Merced, CA240$9.80$20,380
Miami, FL PMSA16,140$9.74$20,260
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ5,900$10.49$21,820
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI4,430$10.15$21,110
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI10,190$11.36$23,640
Missoula, MT100$9.57$19,910
Mobile, AL1,900$8.37$17,410
Modesto, CA1,040$10.01$20,820
Monmouth-Ocean, NJ2,190$10.33$21,480
Monroe, LA450$8.43$17,530
Montgomery, AL1,260$9.11$18,940
Muncie, IN240$10.33$21,490
Myrtle Beach, SC1,190$9.97$20,750
Naples, FL770$9.52$19,810
Nashua, NH220$13.26$27,580
Nashville, TN4,440$9.86$20,500
Nassau-Suffolk, NY9,690$11.71$24,350
New Bedford, MA PMSA180$11.20$23,300
New Haven-Meriden, CT PMSA1,010$11.91$24,760
New London-Norwich, CT-RI2,140$10.79$22,440
New Orleans, LA7,000$8.16$16,970
New York, NY64,420$10.87$22,620
Newark, NJ10,580$10.84$22,550
Newburgh, NY-PA1,090$13.65$28,390
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC5,520$9.84$20,470
Oakland, CA PMSA7,350$11.78$24,510
Ocala, FL480$9.57$19,910
Odessa-Midland, TX400$10.54$21,920
Oklahoma City, OK3,410$10.42$21,670
Olympia, WA140$14.60$30,360
Omaha, NE-IA2,750$10.80$22,470
Orange County, CA PMSA11,480$9.95$20,690
Orlando, FL8,940$9.66$20,100
Owensboro, KY320$7.82$16,270
Panama City, FL320$8.31$17,270
Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH580$10.60$22,040
Pensacola, FL1,080$9.64$20,060
Peoria-Pekin, IL630$11.77$24,480
Philadelphia, PA-NJ21,150$9.85$20,480
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ13,690$10.70$22,260
Pine Bluff, AR330$11.63$24,190
Pittsburgh, PA8,630$9.01$18,730
Pittsfield, MA140$11.44$23,800
Pocatello, ID50$10.36$21,540
Ponce, PR1,100$6.41$13,340
Portland, ME870$9.82$20,420
Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA4,580$10.74$22,350
Portsmouth-Rochester, NH-ME190$9.72$20,210
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA3,300$10.90$22,680
Provo-Orem, UT370$11.96$24,880
Pueblo, CO240$11.88$24,700
Punta Gorda, FL140$8.37$17,410
Racine, WI110$12.44$25,870
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC4,590$10.68$22,220
Rapid City, SD190$9.21$19,150
Reading, PA740$10.06$20,930
Redding, CA470$10.38$21,600
Reno, NV1,890$10.02$20,840
Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA300$19.87$41,340
Richmond-Petersburg, VA4,430$10.41$21,650
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA PMSA8,730$9.71$20,190
Roanoke, VA790$8.90$18,510
Rochester, MN360$12.93$26,890
Rochester, NY3,340$11.17$23,240
Rockford, IL730$10.26$21,340
Rocky Mount, NC130$10.90$22,670
Sacramento, CA PMSA4,420$10.12$21,050
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI420$8.95$18,620
Salem, OR470$11.51$23,940
Salinas, CA970$9.67$20,110
Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT4,560$11.19$23,270
San Angelo, TX120$8.28$17,230
San Antonio, TX5,070$9.61$19,990
San Diego, CA11,590$10.37$21,570
San Francisco, CA PMSA10,480$12.13$25,220
San Jose, CA PMSA7,130$13.65$28,390
San Juan-Bayamon, PR20,300$6.59$13,720
San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA690$16.68$34,700
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA1,400$10.53$21,890
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA PMSA710$10.41$21,640
Santa Fe, NM1,280$11.93$24,820
Santa Rosa, CA PMSA1,100$10.95$22,780
Sarasota-Bradenton, FL1,290$9.68$20,120
Savannah, GA940$9.13$18,980
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA1,310$9.05$18,830
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA7,660$12.19$25,350
Sharon, PA140$10.40$21,630
Sheboygan, WI50$10.62$22,090
Sherman-Denison, TX100$10.26$21,340
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA1,790$9.43$19,620
Sioux City, IA-NE160$11.64$24,200
Sioux Falls, SD440$10.64$22,120
South Bend, IN710$10.14$21,100
Spokane, WA1,150$10.42$21,680
Springfield, IL410$12.78$26,580
Springfield, MA1,380$10.60$22,040
Springfield, MO720$8.98$18,680
St. Cloud, MN220$10.06$20,930
St. Joseph, MO110$10.17$21,150
St. Louis, MO-IL8,640$11.12$23,140
Stamford-Norwalk, CT PMSA2,650$10.48$21,800
State College, PA130$11.45$23,810
Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV160$10.68$22,220
Stockton-Lodi, CA1,220$9.74$20,250
Syracuse, NY3,530$10.51$21,850
Tacoma, WA1,500$11.02$22,920
Tallahassee, FL1,080$9.46$19,680
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL8,300$9.43$19,620
Terre Haute, IN630$11.15$23,200
Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR220$10.06$20,930
Toledo, OH2,740$9.45$19,650
Topeka, KS520$10.72$22,290
Trenton, NJ2,470$13.66$28,410
Tucson, AZ2,750$8.68$18,050
Tulsa, OK2,530$10.30$21,420
Tuscaloosa, AL190$10.30$21,430
Tyler, TX570$10.41$21,650
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, CA PMSA1,150$11.93$24,820
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA430$10.32$21,470
Waco, TX700$9.58$19,930
Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA30,260$12.77$26,570
Waterbury, CT PMSA140$11.58$24,080
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA290$12.81$26,650
Wausau, WI120$10.30$21,430
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL6,140$10.17$21,150
Wheeling, WV-OH420$9.42$19,600
Wichita, KS1,760$10.64$22,130
Wichita Falls, TX230$9.82$20,430
Wilmington, NC540$9.27$19,290
Wilmington-Newark, DE-MD PMSA2,630$10.65$22,150
Worcester, MA-CT PMSA1,690$10.97$22,820
Yakima, WA390$10.66$22,180
Yolo, CA PMSA520$12.30$25,580
York, PA770$8.21$17,080
Youngstown-Warren, OH1,180$9.78$20,340
Yuba City, CA220$11.41$23,740
Yuma, AZ410$8.05$16,740


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