Highest-paying Cities for Security Guards

The top 100 highest paying cities for security guards (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of security guards in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $77,230, Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington is the highest paying city for security guards. It is followed by Los Alamos County, New Mexico (average annual salary $74,290). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of security guards in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Security Guards

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$77,230	$33,700	790
2	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$74,290	$66,260	140
3	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$74,140	$29,810	480
4	North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$66,050	$17,200	470
5	Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$47,690	$28,790	330
6	Walla Walla, Washington	$47,200	$30,140	40
7	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$46,390	$28,370	660
8	Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$46,210	$24,220	270
9	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$46,070	$25,020	490
10	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$45,970	$32,500	490
11	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$45,740	$30,660	260
12	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$45,230	$30,960	360
13	Southeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$44,960	$21,060	230
14	Ames, Iowa	$44,780	$22,690	90
15	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$44,640	$31,860	150
16	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$43,950	$23,050	1,260
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$43,860	$31,580	38,130
18	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$43,260	$33,340	870
19	Fairbanks, Alaska	$43,040	$29,620	140
20	Hinesville-Fort Stewart, Georgia	$42,930	$24,060	110
21	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$42,330	$37,760	9,090
22	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$42,090	$26,400	130
23	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$41,770	$25,630	100
24	Kingston, New York	$41,600	$27,730	330
25	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$40,470	$26,000	130
26	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$40,350	$36,920	23,230
27	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania	$39,840	$27,760	220
28	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$39,270	$36,530	15,070
29	Kokomo, Indiana	$39,150	$25,740	50
30	Boulder, Colorado	$39,040	$27,790	370
31	Syracuse, New York	$39,010	$29,520	1,920
32	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$38,900	$30,280	220
33	Napa, California	$38,890	$33,020	770
34	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$38,890	$24,510	80
35	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$38,840	$25,320	32,090
36	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$38,790	$29,520	2,080
37	Watertown-Fort Drum, New York	$38,390	$28,240	170
38	Ithaca, New York	$38,110	$29,520	130
39	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$38,000	$31,510	190
40	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$37,910	$22,930	450
41	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$37,860	$29,980	310
42	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$37,820	$30,370	510
43	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$37,510	$31,400	18,900
44	Rochester, New York	$37,440	$28,290	2,950
45	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$37,160	$23,760	320
46	Anchorage, Alaska	$37,130	$30,080	1,320
47	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$37,070	$28,860	480
48	Utica-Rome, New York	$37,030	$29,560	920
49	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$37,010	$28,800	180
50	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$37,000	$30,160	410
51	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$36,910	$27,480	8,290
52	Manchester, New Hampshire	$36,880	$29,120	630
53	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$36,860	$31,220	860
54	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$36,860	$23,890	360
55	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$36,820	$31,200	300
56	Elmira, New York	$36,720	$28,070	100
57	Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$36,650	$24,280	370
58	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$36,640	$30,280	124,250
59	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$36,610	$24,560	200
60	Worcester, Massachusetts	$36,570	$29,640	1,190
61	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$36,550	$26,860	320
62	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$36,510	$29,500	10,820
63	Fayetteville, North Carolina	$36,490	$21,460	920
64	Knoxville, Tennessee	$36,460	$23,360	2,790
65	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$36,390	$28,370	90
66	Pueblo, Colorado	$36,390	$28,070	680
67	Eastern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$36,380	$25,200	70
68	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$36,370	$28,180	810
69	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$36,340	$31,600	210
70	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$36,250	$29,910	480
71	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$36,240	$31,400	400
72	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$36,220	$31,780	9,250
73	Springfield, Illinois	$36,220	$25,980	740
74	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$36,220	$30,980	670
75	Danville, Illinois	$36,220	$24,960	40
76	St George, Utah	$36,180	$28,550	130
77	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$36,170	$24,680	210
78	Midland, Michigan	$36,160	$21,540	80
79	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$36,130	$22,330	760
80	Lynchburg, Virginia	$36,120	$26,640	550
81	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$36,120	$33,510	1,340
82	Salinas, California	$36,070	$30,650	1,270
83	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$36,030	$30,470	300
84	Madison, Wisconsin	$36,030	$23,080	1,080
85	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$36,010	$27,320	170
86	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$35,970	$23,280	390
87	Jefferson City, Missouri	$35,920	$25,690	450
88	Bangor, Maine	$35,910	$29,540	340
89	Cape Girardeau-Jackson, Missouri	$35,880	$24,960	170
90	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$35,870	$31,160	69,640
91	Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$35,870	$20,250	700
92	Stockton, California	$35,820	$30,750	2,560
93	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$35,790	$28,770	240
94	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$35,770	$24,630	330
95	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$35,660	$28,700	240
96	Olympia, Washington	$35,630	$31,940	630
97	Spokane, Washington	$35,620	$31,260	2,180
98	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$35,620	$28,090	110
99	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$35,610	$28,700	300
100	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$35,590	$31,200	12,690

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