Median Hourly Pay

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Just Curious;

What is the median hourly pay rate for Security Officers in your area?

a) Unarmed-Static Post

b) Unarmed-Patrol

c) Armed-Static Post

d) Armed-Patrol

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Just Curious;

What is the median hourly pay rate for Security Officers in your area?

a) Unarmed-Static Post

b) Unarmed-Patrol

c) Armed-Static Post

d) Armed-Patrol

From my point-of-view, gained through talking to various officers and reading employment ads-

USP- $7.93-$11.00

UP- $11-13

ASP- $13-23 (includes FPS contract)

AP- $13-18

[Lawson Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lawson]

OR hit the nail on the head for this area.

[CorpSec Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close CorpSec]

Here is the very detailed information from the state of Minnesota website:

33-9032 Security Guards
Occupational Description:
Guard, patrol, or monitor premises to prevent theft, violence, or infractions of rules.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to Third Quarter, 2007 Percentiles
Geography Employment Emp SE* Mean Mean SE* 10th 25th Median 75th 90th
Minnesota 12,990 429 $13.53 $0.27/hr $8.95/hr $10.52/hr $12.64/hr $15.57/hr $19.58/hr
U S 1,004,130 6,025 $11.93 $0.04/hr $7.60/hr $8.90/hr $10.88/hr $13.87/hr $18.11/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Leading Industries for Security Guards Industry OES Employment OES Median Wage
Professional and Business Services 6,500 $12.34/hr
Education and Health Services 3,180 $13.92/hr
Leisure and Hospitality 1,390 $11.07/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 970 $11.74/hr
Public Administration 410 $15.77/hr
Financial Activities 230 $13.57/hr
Manufacturing 170 $13.60/hr
Other Services 70 $10.53/hr
Other Regional Data For Security Guards Geography (click title for details) OES Projections
Employment Median Wage % Change 2004 - 2014
Minnesota 12,990 $12.64/hr 5.7%
Minneapolis-Saint Paul MN-WI MSA 10,360 $12.82/hr
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 4,890 $12.67/hr 5.9%
Southeast Balance of State 680 $10.76/hr
Central Minnesota 670 $15.00/hr 8.8%
Southeast Minnesota 550 $11.94/hr 11.0%
Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA 500 $11.01/hr
Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA 500 $9.72/hr
Southwest Minnesota 430 $10.97/hr -4.5%
Northeast Minnesota 430 $11.15/hr -4.4%
Northwest Minnesota 380 $11.85/hr 8.4%
Northwest Balance of State 340 $12.49/hr
Saint Cloud MN MSA 310 $14.01/hr
La Crosse WI-MN MSA 220 $9.46/hr
Southwest Balance of State 200 $10.36/hr
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA 140 $11.59/hr
Northeast Balance of State 110 $13.02/hr
Rochester MN MSA $13.15/hr

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Here is the data for front line supervisors, It comes through kind of jumbled on the cut and paste, but the median supervisor pay for Minnesota is $22.42 an hour while the median supervisor pay for the US is $21.02 an hour:

33-1099 First-Line Supervisors/Managers, Protective Service Workers, All Other
Occupational Description:
All protective service supervisors not listed separately above.
Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to Third Quarter, 2007 Percentiles
Geography Employment Emp SE* Mean Mean SE* 10th 25th Median 75th 90th
Minnesota 1,240 55 $24.57 $0.69/hr $13.95/hr $17.74/hr $22.42/hr $30.80/hr $40.58/hr
U S 45,170 497 $23.42 $0.14/hr $12.58/hr $15.85/hr $21.02/hr $28.60/hr $37.02/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

[medic15al Member Find all posts View Profile Close medic15al]

In Alabama the average pay for all of that is $7-$9 an hour.

[Cactus Member Find all posts View Profile Close Cactus]

As far as I know, majority of contract security in the Ottawa region is minimum wage so $8...

Though I have had some sites paying at $15 which is nice!

[Alaska Security Member Find all posts View Profile Close Alaska Security]

It varies wildly depending on company, location, duties...

I know some companies that do unarmed static/patrol, that pay 8-13 an hour. Armed seems to be 16-18 an hour starting, regardless of patrol or static...

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Just Curious;

What is the median hourly pay rate for Security Officers in your area?

a) Unarmed-Static Post

b) Unarmed-Patrol

c) Armed-Static Post

d) Armed-Patrol

Very hard to say for California as it varies so much. I have worked armed for $8 per hour and I have worked armed for $33.04 per hour plus benefits. I will try and post averages that I have seen:

a) Unarmed-Static Post $8
b) Unarmed Patrol $10
c) Armed-Static Post $9
d) Armed-Patrol $11

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Our site just lowered patrol pay because they cannot speak English or write English. And since those same people used to get the same pay as everyone else when coming in late, leaving early, and sleeping frequently; they will now probably lower everyone elses pay rate soon.

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Our site just lowered patrol pay because they cannot speak English or write English. And since those same people used to get the same pay as everyone else when coming in late, leaving early, and sleeping frequently; they will now probably lower everyone elses pay rate soon.

DDog, from reading your posts it sounds as though the account you are at really isn't doing it for you. It seems as though the sub par people you work with are really taking a toll on your morale.

I would suggest launching a full scale job hunt to find something that is a better fit.

[ddog Member Find all posts View Profile Close ddog]

DDog, from reading your posts it sounds as though the account you are at really isn't doing it for you. It seems as though the sub par people you work with are really taking a toll on your morale.

I would suggest launching a full scale job hunt to find something that is a better fit.

Thanks, but its not that bad. Just an emotional roller coaster some times in our depressed FL county job market. Its exactly what I need right now, and I'm damn glad to have it.

It is working fine in my continually evolving 'plan', and is constant. The turnover in lower morale workers is just part of the character building aspects of this industry. Humility is good, and venting is healthy in doses.