First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers salary

SOC 33-1091 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$55,940

per year, nationally

Middle half

$45,030–$71,950

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

81,480

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+2.7%

7,000 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$37,300$92,260

10th: $37,300
25th: $45,030
Median: $55,940
75th: $71,950
90th: $92,260

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: Less than 5 years
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where first-line supervisors of security workers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	District of Columbia	$83,710	109.9	710	1.92×
2	Vermont	$78,110	98.0	60	0.36×
3	Alaska	$73,500	102.4	260	1.51×
4	New Hampshire	$66,780	104.2	250	0.70×
5	Maryland	$63,690	105.0	1,640	1.13×
6	Delaware	$62,840	99.8	180	0.72×
7	Washington	$62,510	107.0	1,800	0.97×
8	New Mexico	$62,330	92.2	580	1.27×
9	New Jersey	$61,590	108.8	2,200	0.98×
10	Indiana	$61,520	93.3	1,620	0.97×
11	Oregon	$60,940	103.4	980	0.95×
12	Virginia	$60,790	101.1	2,120	0.98×
13	New York	$59,890	107.9	7,050	1.39×
14	Arizona	$59,650	100.7	1,550	0.91×
15	Illinois	$59,540	100.0	2,370	0.74×
16	Hawaii	$59,080	110.0	590	1.79×
17	Minnesota	$58,540	98.6	1,260	0.82×
18	Missouri	$58,200	90.8	1,090	0.71×
19	Kansas	$57,960	90.1	480	0.64×
20	Massachusetts	$57,890	105.8	1,810	0.95×
21	South Dakota	$57,880	88.6	80	0.35×
22	North Dakota	$57,720	89.0	100	0.44×
23	North Carolina	$57,390	94.3	2,730	1.05×
24	Maine	$57,200	97.0	170	0.50×
25	Utah	$56,290	98.9	380	0.42×
26	Connecticut	$55,990	103.6	700	0.79×
27	Wisconsin	$55,270	94.1	880	0.57×
28	Colorado	$54,680	103.1	1,520	1.01×
29	Michigan	$54,500	96.2	1,940	0.84×
30	Arkansas	$54,000	86.9	970	1.42×
31	California	$53,960	110.7	10,850	1.14×
32	Nevada	$53,210	100.0	2,540	3.12×
33	Ohio	$53,020	92.8	2,030	0.70×
34	Wyoming	$51,740	92.7	90	0.58×
35	Oklahoma	$51,400	87.8	1,480	1.65×
36	Rhode Island	$51,090	102.3	250	0.96×
37	Tennessee	$50,830	91.9	1,850	1.08×
38	Louisiana	$50,580	88.2	890	0.88×
39	Kentucky	$50,260	90.2	810	0.77×
40	Georgia	$49,400	96.3	2,540	0.99×
41	Idaho	$49,300	95.5	230	0.52×
42	Pennsylvania	$47,510	97.6	3,160	0.99×
43	Alabama	$47,440	88.8	850	0.77×
44	Florida	$47,140	103.4	6,560	1.26×
45	South Carolina	$47,100	93.7	770	0.64×
46	Texas	$46,740	97.1	6,490	0.88×
47	Iowa	$46,560	87.8	390	0.48×
48	Montana	$46,370	94.6	210	0.77×
49	West Virginia	$45,850	89.5	390	1.06×
50	Nebraska	$45,700	90.1	370	0.69×
51	Mississippi	$43,410	87.0	670	1.10×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where first-line supervisors of security workers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for first-line supervisors of security workers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Chattanooga, TN-GA	$100,340	91.5	180	1.30×
2	Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	$89,610	93.4	40	0.72×
3	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$85,540	100.4	30	0.46×
4	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$82,880	100.1	60	0.83×
5	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	$82,010	91.4	230	1.56×
6	Rochester, MN	$77,200	90.8	30	0.50×
7	Anchorage, AK	$73,500	105.4	100	1.03×
8	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$73,490	108.9	2,400	1.46×
9	Lynchburg, VA	$73,230	89.4	40	0.70×
10	Green Bay, WI	$72,300	93.1	40	0.39×
11	Syracuse, NY	$71,650	95.7	100	0.66×
12	Bellingham, WA	$70,940	103.3	40	0.84×
13	Salem, OR	$70,790	103.6	80	0.80×
14	Wilmington, NC	$68,940	96.4	90	0.90×
15	Fayetteville, NC	$67,830	92.0	70	0.97×
16	Fort Wayne, IN	$66,720	92.6	90	0.74×
17	New Haven, CT	$66,540	104.6	90	0.63×
18	Rochester, NY	$66,140	97.0	170	0.65×
19	Binghamton, NY	$65,140	92.9	30	0.67×
20	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$65,060	95.7	820	1.42×
21	Evansville, IN	$65,000	91.5	50	0.68×
22	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$64,000	99.6	160	0.66×
23	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$63,740	109.4	60	1.67×
24	Florence, SC	$63,540	86.8	40	0.75×
25	Vallejo, CA	$63,190	108.5	50	0.69×
26	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$62,640	111.1	1,200	1.10×
27	Roanoke, VA	$62,550	93.6	60	0.74×
28	Richmond, VA	$62,510	97.9	240	0.70×
29	Ann Arbor, MI	$61,910	100.9	30	0.28×
30	Fresno, CA	$61,790	102.2	150	0.59×
31	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$61,710	98.2	410	1.04×
32	Flagstaff, AZ	$61,680	100.3	40	1.06×
33	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$61,560	105.4	770	1.21×
34	Baton Rouge, LA	$61,530	90.8	200	0.91×
35	Asheville, NC	$61,500	96.5	60	0.65×
36	Tucson, AZ	$61,460	96.9	180	0.87×
37	Utica-Rome, NY	$61,450	92.7	70	1.19×
38	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$60,910	95.8	190	0.67×
39	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$60,860	108.8	60	0.54×
40	Portland-South Portland, ME	$60,840	101.9	60	0.42×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where first-line supervisors of security workers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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