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

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We spoke to surveillance observer professors and experts from several universities and companies to get their opinions on where the surveillance observer job market for recent graduates is heading and how young graduates entering the surveillance observer industry can be adequately prepared. Here are their thoughts.

Yes, surveillance observer jobs are in demand. Surveillance observer demand is projected to grow 3% from 2018 to 2028.

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Year	# of jobs	% of population
2021	2,792	0.00%
2020	2,534	0.00%
2019	3,124	0.00%
2018	3,108	0.00%
2017	3,127	0.00%

Year	Avg. salary	Hourly rate	% Change
2025	$33,761	$16.23	+3.2%
2024	$32,700	$15.72	+4.6%
2023	$31,255	$15.03	--1.7%
2022	$31,810	$15.29	+1.9%
2021	$31,208	$15.00	+4.7%

Rank	State	Population	# of jobs	Employment/ 1000ppl
1	Massachusetts	6,859,819	37	1%
2	District of Columbia	693,972	4	1%
3	Indiana	6,666,818	15	0%
4	Maryland	6,052,177	15	0%
5	Nevada	2,998,039	11	0%
6	Ohio	11,658,609	10	0%
7	Minnesota	5,576,606	9	0%
8	Illinois	12,802,023	9	0%
9	Michigan	9,962,311	9	0%
10	Maine	1,335,907	4	0%
11	Delaware	961,939	4	0%
12	North Dakota	755,393	3	0%
13	Connecticut	3,588,184	2	0%
14	Montana	1,050,493	2	0%
15	Alaska	739,795	1	0%
16	Vermont	623,657	1	0%
17	Rhode Island	1,059,639	1	0%
18	New Hampshire	1,342,795	0	0%
19	Wisconsin	5,795,483	0	0%
20	South Dakota	869,666	0	0%

Rank	City	# of jobs	Employment/ 1000ppl	Avg. salary
1	Carson City	1	2%	$32,920
2	Rockford	2	1%	$37,287
3	Gary	1	1%	$33,681
4	Sacramento	1	0%	$30,069

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