Commercial Building Security Officer Salary (BLS May 2025 Data)

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Real Estate Headhunters reads Commercial Building Security Officer in National through BLS occupation 33-9032, Security Guards, rather than treating the niche title as a separately surveyed job. The May 2025 annual median for Commercial Building Security Officer in National is $38,020; its direct mapping means the occupation and its limits belong beside this offer budget.

Commercial Building Security Officer in National has a published middle-half band from $35,210 at the lower quartile to $46,200 at the upper quartile in May 2025. The $10,990 difference for Commercial Building Security Officer in National is the width of that reported band, not a recommended automatic raise or a measure of candidate seniority.

Commercial Building Security Officer in National shows $30,210 at the tenth percentile and $58,840 at the ninetieth percentile. The lower-tail gap for Commercial Building Security Officer in National is $5,000, versus $12,640 above the upper quartile; the upper published tail is wider, which describes dispersion but does not explain its cause.

The national benchmark for Commercial Building Security Officer in National is the cross-industry distribution, with published employment of 1283470 for SOC 33-9032. The employment figure for Commercial Building Security Officer in National counts workers in Security Guards, not only property management employees carrying this niche title, so it cannot be presented as a count of available candidates.

For Commercial Building Security Officer in National, the two comparison metros are selected by published employment, not geographic proximity: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ reports $43,980; Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA reports $40,030. Those May 2025 comparisons for Commercial Building Security Officer in National use SOC 33-9032 on the same annual basis, without substituting a different job to obtain a convenient number.

The prior annual median for Commercial Building Security Officer in National was $38,370 in May 2024, compared with $38,020 in May 2025. The new-minus-old difference for Commercial Building Security Officer in National is -$350; it compares two survey distributions, not the pay rise of a tracked worker or a forecast.

For Commercial Building Security Officer in National, the highest exact published national medians among the loaded real-estate, building-service and fund industry rows are Real Estate (NAICS 531000), $45,330; Real Estate (NAICS 531000), $45,330. These May 2025 industry figures for Commercial Building Security Officer in National are national cuts, not an industry-pay ranking inside National, because the loaded industry source does not cross-tabulate that local market.

Commercial Building Security Officer in National uses BLS straight-time gross wages, which include base rates, guaranteed pay, commissions and production bonuses but exclude discretionary or nonproduction bonuses. For an offer benchmarked to Commercial Building Security Officer in National, state overtime, on-call pay, relocation support and housing discounts separately because OEWS excludes them; the $38,020 median does not price those additions in National.

What wages did BLS publish?

The BLS May 2025 median for Security Guards in National is $38,020 per year. This is the mapped occupation, not a separate survey of Commercial Building Security Officer.

Direct match

The work of Commercial Building Security Officer fits SOC 33-9032, Security Guards. BLS includes workers across industries and employers, not just real estate.

SOC 33-9032 Security Guards

The published median is $38,020. The middle half of reported wages runs from $35,210 to $46,200.

Annual wages, May 2025
Published percentile	Wage
10th	$30,210
25th	$35,210
Median	$38,020
75th	$46,200
90th	$58,840

Mean: $42,470. Employment: 1,283,470.

The published median is $18.28. The middle half of reported wages runs from $16.93 to $22.21.

Hourly wages, May 2025
Published percentile	Wage
10th	$14.52
25th	$16.93
Median	$18.28
75th	$22.21
90th	$28.29

Mean: $20.42. Employment: 1,283,470.

This wage is equal to or greater than $115.00 per hour or $239,200 per year. A cell marked “or more” is a threshold, not an exact value.

What BLS wages include and exclude

Wages for the OEWS survey are straight-time, gross pay, exclusive of premium pay.

Included

Base rates
Commissions
Cost-of-living allowances
Deadheading pay
Guaranteed pay
Hazard pay
Incentive pay
Longevity pay
Over-the-road pay (Mileage)
Piece rates
Portal-to-portal rates
Production bonuses
Tips

Excluded

Attendance bonuses
Back pay
Clothing allowances
Discounts
Draw
Holiday bonus
Holiday premium pay
Jury duty pay
Meal allowances
Nonproduction bonuses
On-call pay
Overtime pay
Relocation allowances
Severance pay
Shift differentials
Stock bonuses
Tool/equipment allowances
Tuition reimbursements
Uniform allowances
Weekend premium pay

BLS wage definitions. Benefits and discretionary bonus are not base wage benchmarks.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. SOC 33-9032 Security Guards, National. Released 2026-05-15.

Markets where BLS publishes this occupation

Target metros and largest metro employment markets, May 2025
Metro	Median annual	25th to 75th	Employment	Location quotient
Miami	$36,040	$32,220 to $39,790	41530	1.78
Orlando	$35,500	$33,370 to $37,700	14870	1.28
Tampa	$36,010	$33,510 to $42,410	12200	1.02
Chicago	$39,990	$37,060 to $46,360	48360	1.3
New York City	$43,980	$36,940 to $51,530	142760	1.82
Raleigh	$34,680	$30,190 to $43,530	4780	0.78
Dallas	$36,680	$29,920 to $45,290	34000	1.02
Northern New Jersey	$43,980	$36,940 to $51,530	142760	1.82
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$40,030	$37,130 to $45,730	83280	1.61
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$46,830	$38,660 to $71,030	40950	1.58
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$35,460	$28,980 to $42,880	29250	1.08
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$45,730	$44,160 to $54,840	26830	1.37
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$37,450	$35,990 to $45,640	25460	1.06
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$37,210	$34,610 to $44,470	23800	2.54
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$38,290	$36,250 to $44,260	23160	1.18
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$35,150	$33,090 to $39,330	22730	0.95
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	$21,840	$21,840 to $21,840	22420	3.93
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$37,280	$35,960 to $44,940	22010	1.55
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$44,990	$38,860 to $46,420	19250	0.86
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$47,490	$44,460 to $57,990	17030	0.99
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$38,500	$37,150 to $45,580	16090	1.27
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$36,970	$35,390 to $45,460	16020	1.43
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$37,050	$34,400 to $47,040	12570	0.8
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$35,010	$33,110 to $42,940	12020	1.07
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$39,460	$36,990 to $45,030	11930	1.34
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$46,250	$45,230 to $54,480	11800	1.26
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$35,270	$29,080 to $39,000	11420	1.23

What changed since the last release

These are two published distributions, not a projection or a same-worker pay-rise measure. Changes in coverage, sampling or area boundaries can affect comparison.

Published annual median, SOC 33-9032, National
May 2024	May 2025	New minus old, arithmetic only
$38,370	$38,020	-$350

Prior source: BLS OEWS May 2024, released 2025-04-02. Prior area label: U.S.. Check BLS boundary notes before treating these as an unchanged market.

National pay by industry

Industry rows cover payroll employment classified in that industry, nationally. They do not isolate this niche title, and contractors may sit in another industry.

National industry-specific OEWS May 2025, SOC 33-9032 Security Guards
Industry, exact BLS name	NAICS	P25 annual	Median annual	P75 annual	Employment
Construction of Buildings	236000	$37,430	$45,900	$64,480	640
Residential Building Construction	236100	$35,460	$47,280	$72,800	270
Nonresidential Building Construction	236200	$37,430	$45,900	$50,170	370
Real Estate	531000	$35,650	$45,330	$58,790	25700
Real Estate	531000	$35,650	$45,330	$58,790	25700
Management of Companies and Enterprises	551000	$41,680	$47,230	$58,120	9700
Management of Companies and Enterprises	551100	$41,680	$47,230	$58,120	9700
Facilities Support Services	561200	$34,580	$39,250	$50,910	4600
Investigation and Security Services	561600	$35,270	$37,350	$45,180	768900
Investigation, Guard, and Armored Car Services	561610	$35,270	$37,350	$45,180	767160
Security Systems Services	561620	$32,130	$38,480	$45,200	1740
Services to Buildings and Dwellings	561700	$30,820	$32,700	$33,800	Not published by BLS

The pay ladder

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Highest published metro medians

Metropolitan wage ranking, May 2025, SOC 33-9032
Metro	Role median annual	Employment	Location quotient
Idaho Falls, ID	$78,680	570	0.84
Fairbanks-College, AK	$60,400	130	0.44
Kennewick-Richland, WA	$54,670	500	0.47
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$51,170	410	0.42
Ithaca, NY	$49,540	240	0.6
Lynchburg, VA	$49,480	570	0.72
Hinesville, GA	$48,780	120	0.71
Walla Walla, WA	$48,770	60	0.29
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$48,690	780	1.29
Rochester, MN	$47,790	520	0.51

Top-coded and suppressed medians cannot be ranked as exact wages. Location quotient measures employment concentration, not relative pay or cost of living.

Lowest published metro medians

Lowest exact annual medians, May 2025, SOC 33-9032
Metro	Median	Employment	Location quotient
Charleston, WV	$20,800	2160	2.52
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	$21,840	22420	3.93
Ponce, PR	$21,840	600	1.15
Mayaguez, PR	$21,840	690	1.59
Aguadilla, PR	$21,840	610	1.53
Arecibo, PR	$22,080	310	1.09
Johnson City, TN	$27,720	570	0.85
Jackson, MS	$27,950	3340	1.5
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	$29,040	410	0.59
Laredo, TX	$29,180	900	1

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Pay relative to local wages

The ratio divides this occupation's median by the all-occupations median in the same area. This is not purchasing power. Location quotient measures employment concentration, not pay.

Role median relative to all-occupations median, May 2025, SOC 33-9032
Metro	Role median annual	All-occupations median	Role / local median	Employment	Location quotient
Idaho Falls, ID	$78,680	$46,800	1.68× (arithmetic)	570	0.84
Lynchburg, VA	$49,480	$46,190	1.07× (arithmetic)	570	0.72
Hinesville, GA	$48,780	$46,670	1.05× (arithmetic)	120	0.71
Hot Springs, AR	$36,120	$36,540	0.99× (arithmetic)	200	0.63
Fairbanks-College, AK	$60,400	$61,810	0.98× (arithmetic)	130	0.44
Kennewick-Richland, WA	$54,670	$57,290	0.95× (arithmetic)	500	0.47
Fayetteville, NC	$42,940	$45,620	0.94× (arithmetic)	710	0.66
Albuquerque, NM	$44,780	$48,060	0.93× (arithmetic)	4440	1.33
St. George, UT	$41,950	$45,140	0.93× (arithmetic)	170	0.23
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	$45,270	$48,870	0.93× (arithmetic)	260	0.41

Top-coded and suppressed medians cannot be ranked as exact wages. Location quotient measures employment concentration, not relative pay or cost of living.

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Questions about these figures

What does the $38,020 median mean for Commercial Building Security Officer in National?

For Commercial Building Security Officer in National, May 2025 reports that median for SOC 33-9032, Security Guards. The direct mapping for Commercial Building Security Officer in National is not a separately surveyed niche title in this area.

What band can we use to discuss an offer for Commercial Building Security Officer in National?

The reported middle-half band for Commercial Building Security Officer in National is $35,210 to $46,200 on an annual basis. Those two points for Commercial Building Security Officer in National describe SOC 33-9032, not an instruction to pay a particular candidate either endpoint.

Can we claim an industry premium inside National for Commercial Building Security Officer?

The industry cuts used for Commercial Building Security Officer in National are national, while the local comparison is cross-industry. That separation for Commercial Building Security Officer in National means the $38,020 local median cannot establish an industry premium within this area.

Is the prior figure for Commercial Building Security Officer in National a forecast?

The May 2024 comparison for Commercial Building Security Officer in National is an earlier published survey cell, not a projection. The current May 2025 figure for Commercial Building Security Officer in National is $38,020; both reference periods remain visible.

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