Security Guard salary
What a security guard actually earns, from 65 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-23.
What the number means
A security guard earns a blended US median near 85,883 dollars, with the typical middle running from 70,983 dollars to 119,890 dollars. The official trend has moved up about 29 percent since 2019. Demand is rated high, and 6% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is physician, at 59 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open security guard roles
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- Sicherheitsmitarbeiter (m/w/d) - 603,00€ - Basis at Direct employerGörlitz, DETodayUnlock
- Sicherheitsmitarbeiter (m/w/d) in Berlin Lichtenrade at Direct employerBerlin, DETodayUnlock
- Sicherheitsmitarbeiter (m/w/d) auf 603,00€ - Basis at Direct employerBischofswerda, DETodayUnlock
- Security Officer 12 hour guaranteed Contract at Direct employerGreat Baddow, GBTodayUnlock
- Agent de sécurité en milieu migratoire (H/F) at Direct employerBoudry, CHTodayUnlock
- Sicherheitsmitarbeiter (m/w/d) in Gifhorn at Direct employerGifhorn, DETodayUnlock
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a security guard profile already covers.
- 2883 open physician roles$260,000 median · +$174,117 · 59% readiness
- 38 open pilot roles$174,450 median · +$88,567 · 31% readiness
- 1592 open administrative assistant roles$101,209 median · +$15,326 · 41% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a security guard.
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Related salaries
- Physician salary$260,000 median
- Administrative Assistant salary$101,209 median
- Police Officer salary$78,260 median
Quick answers
How much does a security guard make?
The blended US median is about 85,883 dollars, with a typical range from 70,983 dollars to 119,890 dollars.
Is security guard a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 6% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a security guard move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is physician, at 59 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 33-9032. Live corpus 65 observations, 2026-09-23. Definitions in the glossary.