Q: Do security guards make good money?

No, security guards do not make good money. The median hourly wage is only $14.27 an hour ($29,680 a year). The hourly wage for a security guard ranges from $10.17 ($21,159 a year) and to $24.19 ($50,319 a year).

Q: Do security officers make good money?

No, security officers do not make good money. The average salary for a security officer is $16.74 per hour or $31.906 a year. Highest paying cities in the United States for security officers:

Q: How much do level 3 security guards make?

Level 3 security guards make $35,891 per year. The range can start as low as $39,000 to as high as $65,000. Some factors such as armed or unarmed, experience level, and location impact the pay rate for a level 3 security guard.

Question 1

How much does a security officer make?

Accepted Answer

The average security officer salary in the United States is $31,101. Security officer salaries typically range between $24,000 and $39,000 yearly. The average hourly rate for security officers is $14.95 per hour.

Security officer salary is impacted by location, education, and experience. Security officers earn the highest average salary in Washington.

Question 2

What state pays Security Officers the most?

Accepted Answer

Washington pays Security Officers the most in the United States, with an average salary of $40,097 per year, or $19.28 per hour.

Question 3

How do I know if I'm being paid fairly as a security officer?

Accepted Answer

You know if you are being paid fairly as a security officer if your pay is close to the average pay for the state you live in. For example, if you live in District of Columbia you should be paid close to $38,751 per year.

Question 4

What is a good starting salary for a Security Officer?

Accepted Answer

A good starting salary for a security officer is $23,000 in the United States. That puts you in the 10th percentile of annual income for a security officer in the U.S., which is about what you would expect if you were new to the field. The average salary for security officers is $30,319, but that normally requires some level of experience to achieve. Furthermore, a good starting salary for a security officer can vary by state.

Question 5

What is the highest-paid security job?

Accepted Answer

The highest-paid security job is a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).

A Chief Information Security Officer, or CISO, is a high-level executive responsible for an organization's information and data security. In the context of rising cyber threats, the role of the CISO has become increasingly important in various industries, which in turn has led to significant compensation packages for these professionals.

Question 6

Do security guards make good money?

Accepted Answer

No, security guards do not make good money. The median hourly wage is only $14.27 an hour ($29,680 a year). The hourly wage for a security guard ranges from $10.17 ($21,159 a year) and to $24.19 ($50,319 a year).

Question 7

Do security officers make good money?

Accepted Answer

No, security officers do not make good money. The average salary for a security officer is $16.74 per hour or $31.906 a year.

Highest paying cities in the United States for security officers:

Question 8

How much do level 3 security guards make?

Accepted Answer

Level 3 security guards make $35,891 per year. The range can start as low as $39,000 to as high as $65,000. Some factors such as armed or unarmed, experience level, and location impact the pay rate for a level 3 security guard.

Question 9

What's the highest-paying security job?

Accepted Answer

The highest paying security job is experienced by security guards working at NASA. To boldly go where no security has gone before can earn you between $148,000 to $ $254,000 a year.

Other high-paying armed security jobs at prestigious companies include.

Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
1	Washington	$40,097	$19.28
2	Minnesota	$37,107	$17.84
3	Alaska	$36,230	$17.42
4	New York	$35,759	$17.19
5	Massachusetts	$35,893	$17.26
6	North Dakota	$35,041	$16.85
7	Oregon	$34,497	$16.59
8	Nevada	$31,672	$15.23
9	Rhode Island	$31,463	$15.13
10	Hawaii	$38,406	$18.46
11	California	$34,766	$16.71
12	New Hampshire	$33,099	$15.91
13	Maine	$32,892	$15.81
14	Vermont	$32,092	$15.43
15	Colorado	$33,430	$16.07
16	Wyoming	$33,199	$15.96
17	Pennsylvania	$30,358	$14.60
18	Idaho	$30,276	$14.56
19	South Dakota	$31,781	$15.28
20	Utah	$32,522	$15.64
21	District of Columbia	$38,751	$18.63
22	Missouri	$31,759	$15.27
23	Virginia	$31,270	$15.03
24	New Jersey	$31,058	$14.93
25	Connecticut	$32,047	$15.41
26	Nebraska	$30,961	$14.89
27	Arizona	$30,045	$14.44
28	Illinois	$31,145	$14.97
29	Wisconsin	$30,895	$14.85
30	Maryland	$31,193	$15.00
31	Montana	$30,351	$14.59
32	Ohio	$28,421	$13.66
33	Iowa	$29,527	$14.20
34	Michigan	$29,068	$13.97
35	North Carolina	$27,476	$13.21
36	Kansas	$29,135	$14.01
37	Oklahoma	$28,159	$13.54
38	New Mexico	$26,230	$12.61
39	Texas	$26,915	$12.94
40	Indiana	$27,570	$13.25
41	Florida	$24,128	$11.60
42	Georgia	$24,762	$11.90
43	Mississippi	$22,344	$10.74
44	Delaware	$27,830	$13.38
45	Tennessee	$25,099	$12.07
46	Kentucky	$25,649	$12.33
47	Alabama	$23,772	$11.43
48	South Carolina	$25,493	$12.26
49	Arkansas	$24,527	$11.79
50	West Virginia	$23,935	$11.51
51	Louisiana	$23,193	$11.15

Rank	City	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
1	Seattle, WA	$40,250	$19.35
2	Washington, DC	$38,754	$18.63
3	Minneapolis, MN	$37,121	$17.85
4	San Francisco, CA	$36,145	$17.38
5	Boston, MA	$35,929	$17.27
6	New York, NY	$35,654	$17.14
7	Portland, OR	$34,490	$16.58
8	Denver, CO	$33,481	$16.10
9	Portland, ME	$32,962	$15.85
10	Reno, NV	$32,874	$15.80
11	Salt Lake City, UT	$32,561	$15.65
12	Kansas City, MO	$32,192	$15.48
13	Baltimore, MD	$31,319	$15.06
14	Chicago, IL	$31,250	$15.02
15	Omaha, NE	$31,027	$14.92
16	Milwaukee, WI	$30,831	$14.82
17	Reading, PA	$30,426	$14.63
18	Glendale, AZ	$30,111	$14.48
19	Kansas City, KS	$29,351	$14.11
20	Cleveland, OH	$29,221	$14.05

Percentile	Annual salary	Monthly salary	Hourly rate
90th Percentile	$39,000	$3,250	$19
75th Percentile	$35,000	$2,917	$17
Average	$31,101	$2,592	$15
25th Percentile	$27,000	$2,250	$13
10th Percentile	$24,000	$2,000	$12

Job title	Annual salary	Monthly salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
Unarmed Security Guard	$32,946	$2,746	$15.84	99,613
Community Services Officer	$38,039	$3,170	$18.29	181,257
Enforcement Officer	$38,446	$3,204	$18.48	82,142
Security/Customer Service	$32,115	$2,676	$15.44	224,564
Officer	$52,506	$4,376	$25.24	114,267
Security Supervisor	$41,818	$3,485	$20.10	87,236

Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate
1	Battelle	$50,237	$24.15
2	The Nightingale-Bamford School	$49,203	$23.66
3	National Grid plc	$45,607	$21.93
4	Seattle Seahawks	$45,421	$21.84
5	Medical University of South Carolina	$42,584	$20.47
6	New York University	$42,072	$20.23
7	University of California-Berkeley	$41,924	$20.16
8	OUC	$41,694	$20.05
9	Freeport-McMoRan	$41,063	$19.74
10	Blue Diamond Growers	$40,313	$19.38
11	University of California	$39,992	$19.23
12	General Electric	$39,981	$19.22
13	Graco	$39,924	$19.19
14	AEG	$39,860	$19.16
15	UC Santa Barbara	$39,843	$19.16
16	New York State Restaurant Association	$39,598	$19.04
17	PSEG	$39,530	$19.00
18	UC Merced	$39,490	$18.99
19	Bayer	$39,319	$18.90
20	PPG	$39,290	$18.89

Security officer salary

Average security officer salary

$14.95

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