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Surveillance technician salary

Average surveillance technician salary

$41,279

$19.85 hourly rate

Entry-level surveillance technician salary
$30,000 yearly salary
Updated January 8, 2025
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Average surveillance technician salary by state

Highest paying states for surveillance technicians

RankStateAvg. salaryHourly rate
1Connecticut$50,762$24.40
2Vermont$47,045$22.62
3North Dakota$45,442$21.85
4Massachusetts$49,058$23.59
5Minnesota$46,074$22.15
6Alaska$46,609$22.41
7Delaware$46,760$22.48
8Rhode Island$46,286$22.25
9Nevada$43,205$20.77
10New Jersey$46,266$22.24
11New Hampshire$44,634$21.46
12Wisconsin$42,114$20.25
13Virginia$45,766$22.00
14Maine$40,308$19.38
15Michigan$42,246$20.31
16Texas$42,773$20.56
17West Virginia$37,609$18.08
18California$47,495$22.83
19Iowa$38,352$18.44
20Wyoming$42,495$20.43
21Oregon$43,655$20.99
22Pennsylvania$41,167$19.79
23Missouri$38,431$18.48
24New York$41,383$19.90
25Illinois$40,071$19.26
26North Carolina$37,873$18.21
27Maryland$42,955$20.65
28Arkansas$38,724$18.62
29Washington$42,343$20.36
30Ohio$38,523$18.52
31Mississippi$38,118$18.33
32District of Columbia$45,244$21.75
33South Carolina$36,610$17.60
34Montana$38,630$18.57
35South Dakota$37,957$18.25
36Idaho$38,227$18.38
37Alabama$36,701$17.64
38Kentucky$35,482$17.06
39Indiana$34,611$16.64
40Utah$35,910$17.26
41Louisiana$37,052$17.81
42Colorado$35,126$16.89
43Florida$33,487$16.10
44Oklahoma$33,099$15.91
45Georgia$33,625$16.17
46Hawaii$35,372$17.01
47Arizona$35,869$17.24
48Kansas$35,498$17.07
49New Mexico$35,581$17.11
50Tennessee$31,956$15.36
51Nebraska$33,533$16.12

Surveillance technician salary details

A surveillance technician's salary ranges from $30,000 a year at the 10th percentile to $55,000 at the 90th percentile.

Average surveillance technician salary graph
Average surveillance technician salary graph, trends, and summary

What is a surveillance technician's salary?

PercentileAnnual salaryMonthly salaryHourly rate
90th Percentile$55,000$4,583$26
75th Percentile$48,000$4,000$23
Average$41,279$3,440$20
25th Percentile$35,000$2,917$17
10th Percentile$30,000$2,500$14

Highest paying surveillance technician jobs

The highest paying types of surveillance technicians are audit technician, ammunition technician, and senior field technician.

Job titleAnnual salaryMonthly salaryHourly rateJob openings
Laboratory Analyst$44,024$3,669$21.1744,074
Environmental Services Supervisor$40,163$3,347$19.3167,959
Field Technician Engineer$50,370$4,198$24.2273,704
Environmental Field Technician$38,450$3,204$18.4976,665
Archaeological Field Technician$41,352$3,446$19.8860,923
Environmental Technician$39,690$3,308$19.0843,079

Top companies hiring surveillance technicians now:

  1. Northrop Grumman jobs (5)
  2. Tulalip Resort Casino jobs (4)
  3. AT&T jobs (11)
  4. US Air Conditioning Distributors jobs (113)
  5. NVE jobs (21)

Wage gap by gender, race and education

$44,000$43,600$43,200$42,800$42,400$42,000
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Surveillance technician salary trends

The average surveillance technician salary has risen by $4,813 over the last ten years. In 2014, the average surveillance technician earned $36,466 annually, but today, they earn $41,279 a year. That works out to a 8% change in pay for surveillance technicians over the last decade.

Compare surveillance technician salaries for cities or states with the national average over time.

Average surveillance technician salary over time

Compare surveillance technician salaries for individual cities or states with the national average.

Surveillance technician salary by year

YearAvg. salaryHourly rate% Change
2025$41,300$19.85+0.4%
2024$41,100$19.76+3.1%
2023$39,800$19.15+1.5%
2022$39,200$18.87+2.9%
2021$38,100$18.33+2.6%

Recently added surveillance technician salaries

CompanyJobLocationDate addedSalary
Rural KingSurveillance Tech-Day ShiftMattoon, IL06/28/2025$31,827
Full House ResortsSurveillance TechnicianCripple Creek, CO06/26/2025$45,914
Albuquerque Public SchoolsTechnician: Surveillance (256)Albuquerque, NM06/25/2025$39,757
Maverick NvSurveillance TechnicianElko, NV06/19/2025$33,392
State Reclamation BoardSeasonal Surveillance TechnicianRowe, MA06/13/2025$41,740
Space Dynamics LaboratoryConstruction Surveillance TechnicianNorth Logan, UT06/12/2025$54,000
State of MassachusettsSeasonal Surveillance TechnicianNorthborough, MA06/12/2025$41,740
Penn Entertainment, Inc.Surveillance TechnicianAurora, IL06/07/2025$48,001
Danner'SorporatedTechnician-Video Surveillance & Access ControlPasadena, TX06/06/2025$41,740
Albuquerque Public SchoolsTechnician: Surveillance (256)Albuquerque, NM05/28/2025$39,757

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