Job outlook for security monitors in the United States

Security monitor job growth summary. After extensive research, interviews, and analysis, Zippia's data science team found that:

• The projected security monitor job growth rate is 3% from 2018-2028.

• About 38,000 new jobs for security monitors are projected over the next decade.

• Security monitor salaries have increased 20% for security monitors in the last 5 years.

• There are over 506,856 security monitors currently employed in the United States.

• There are 107,954 active security monitor job openings in the US.

• The average security monitor salary is $29,899.

Compare the number of security monitor jobs and the average security monitor salary over time.

The map below shows you the number of security monitor job openings in each state. The darker areas on the map show where security monitors earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.