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What is the average annual salary for Security Guard or Security Officer?
That is a very good question. According to the US Government Agency – Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) the average annual salary of a security guard is $27,000 for the year 2013. Considering that the security guard job requires minimal training (many states require them to take only 8 hours of training, security guard salary per hour is considerably higher ($13.24) than many unskilled jobs.
| Number of people employed as Security Guards nationwide in the United States | Average Hourly Salary |
Average Annual Salary |
| 1,066,730 | $13.24 | $27,550 |
The annual salary of a Security Guard can vary considerably based on several factors including, location, industry, company size, nature of the job, years of experience and education and training of the security guard. For example armed security guards often will be paid higher than unarmed security guards. Bank security guards often are paid more than the average wage since majority of them come under the category of armed security guards.
Median Salary/Wage of Security Guard
The following graph was obtained from Salary.com showing the median annual wage earned by a Security Guard.
State wise salary list of security guards and security officers in the United States for the year 2014 is shown below – this data was published by Indeed.com.
The salary of Security Officers are a few thousand higher than that of the security guard considering that often times a Security Officer has higher level of responsibility than a Security Guard. Interestingly the state which pays the highest for a security guard and security officer is New York with an average annual salary of 26, 000 and 29, 000. Surprisingly the state of Hawaii pays the lowest with $13,000 and $15,000
| State Name | State Abbreviation | Security Guard Salary | Security Officer Salary | Comment |
| New York | NY |
26,000 |
29,000 |
Highest Salary |
| Massachusetts | MA |
25,000 |
28,000 |
|
| Connecticut | CT |
25,000 |
27,000 |
|
| Georgia | GA |
24,000 |
27,000 |
|
| Illinois | IL |
24,000 |
27,000 |
|
| California | CA |
23,000 |
25,000 |
|
| Mississippi | MS |
22,000 |
25,000 |
|
| New Jersey | NJ |
23,000 |
25,000 |
|
| Alabama | AL |
21,000 |
24,000 |
|
| Maryland | MD |
22,000 |
24,000 |
|
| Michigan | MI |
22,000 |
24,000 |
|
| Virginia | VA |
21,000 |
24,000 |
|
| Washington | WA |
21,000 |
24,000 |
|
| Arkansas | AR |
21,000 |
23,000 |
|
| Iowa | IA |
21,000 |
23,000 |
|
| Indiana | IN |
21,000 |
23,000 |
|
| Missouri | MO |
21,000 |
23,000 |
|
| New Hampshire | NH |
21,000 |
23,000 |
|
| Ohio | OH |
20,000 |
23,000 |
|
| Pennsylvania | PA |
20,000 |
23,000 |
|
| South Carolina | SC |
20,000 |
23,000 |
|
| Texas | TX |
21,000 |
23,000 |
|
| Florida | FL |
20,000 |
22,000 |
|
| North Carolina | NC |
20,000 |
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|
| Oregon | OR |
20,000 |
22,000 |
|
| Rhode Island | RI |
19,000 |
22,000 |
|
| Tennessee | TN |
19,000 |
22,000 |
|
| West Virginia | WV |
20,000 |
22,000 |
|
| Colorado | CO |
19,000 |
21,000 |
|
| Delaware | DE |
19,000 |
21,000 |
|
| Kansas | KS |
19,000 |
21,000 |
|
| Maine | ME |
19,000 |
21,000 |
|
| Minnesota | MN |
19,000 |
21,000 |
|
| Montana | MT |
19,000 |
21,000 |
|
| North Dakota | ND |
19,000 |
21,000 |
|
| New Mexico | NM |
19,000 |
21,000 |
|
| Oklahoma | OK |
19,000 |
21,000 |
|
| Vermont | VT |
19,000 |
21,000 |
|
| Wisconsin | WI |
19,000 |
21,000 |
|
| Kentucky | KY |
18,000 |
20,000 |
|
| Louisiana | LA |
18,000 |
20,000 |
|
| Wyoming | WY |
18,000 |
20,000 |
|
| Arizona | AZ |
18,000 |
19,000 |
|
| Alaska | AK |
16,000 |
18,000 |
|
| Nevada | NV |
17,000 |
18,000 |
|
| South Dakota | SD |
16,000 |
18,000 |
|
| Utah | UT |
16,000 |
18,000 |
|
| Nebraska | NE |
15,000 |
17,000 |
|
| Idaho | ID |
14,000 |
16,000 |
|
| Hawaii | HI |
13,000 |
15,000 |
Lowest Salary |