Residential Security Officer metro wage ranking

Metropolitan wage ranking

Residential Security Officer maps to SOC 33-9032 Security Guards.

Direct match

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

Highest and lowest exact published annual medians, with employment and location quotient. Equal medians are ties, not a claim about one market paying more.

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
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$47,490	17030	0.99
Napa, CA	$47,240	760	1.18
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$46,830	40950	1.58
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$46,820	9110	0.91
Anchorage, AK	$46,720	1090	0.75
Boulder, CO	$46,450	480	0.3
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$46,250	11800	1.26
Salem, OR	$46,150	1030	0.66
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$46,090	220	0.52
Corvallis, OR	$45,980	160	0.51
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$45,730	26830	1.37
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$45,540	590	0.76
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$45,420	10910	0.82
Longview-Kelso, WA	$45,370	140	0.4
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	$45,270	260	0.41
Barnstable Town, MA	$45,230	300	0.39
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$45,160	1560	0.92
New Haven, CT	$45,060	1560	0.67
Syracuse, NY	$45,050	1770	0.71
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$44,990	19250	0.86
Lexington Park, MD	$44,880	380	0.65
Kingston, NY	$44,790	280	0.57
Albuquerque, NM	$44,780	4440	1.33
Manchester-Nashua, NH	$44,520	810	0.49
Jefferson City, MO	$44,430	350	0.53
Utica-Rome, NY	$44,420	950	0.97
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$44,390	2770	0.83
Bellingham, WA	$44,310	380	0.5
Medford, OR	$44,250	310	0.42
Kokomo, IN	$44,080	110	0.37
Albany, OR	$44,050	90	0.24
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$43,980	142760	1.82
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$43,920	840	0.79
Pittsfield, MA	$43,860	270	0.58
Bend, OR	$43,790	350	0.39
Carson City, NV	$43,640	120	0.46
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$43,610	470	0.58
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$43,430	10930	0.68
Cheyenne, WY	$43,370	250	0.63
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	$43,340	140	0.34
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$43,320	1080	0.77
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$43,260	5120	0.75
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$43,250	2340	0.63
Casper, WY	$43,250	160	0.47
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$43,250	800	0.48
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$42,980	530	0.52
Fayetteville, NC	$42,940	710	0.66
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$42,910	3080	1.39
Rochester, NY	$42,860	3300	0.81
Vallejo, CA	$42,800	950	0.8
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	$42,680	200	0.62
Colorado Springs, CO	$42,670	2210	0.85
St. Louis, MO-IL	$42,600	9720	0.88
Urban Honolulu, HI	$42,580	8440	2.29
Omaha, NE-IA	$42,370	3170	0.77
Redding, CA	$42,330	490	0.84
Springfield, IL	$42,240	680	0.82
Charlottesville, VA	$42,170	340	0.36
Chambersburg, PA	$42,130	210	0.43
Ann Arbor, MI	$42,100	630	0.35
Binghamton, NY	$42,070	640	0.8
Great Falls, MT	$41,950	260	0.86
St. George, UT	$41,950	170	0.23
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	$41,950	170	0.4
Kansas City, MO-KS	$41,810	7730	0.85
Grand Forks, ND-MN	$41,750	110	0.25
Bozeman, MT	$41,420	130	0.21
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$41,310	2270	1.08
Decatur, IL	$41,220	150	0.39
Santa Fe, NM	$40,980	630	1.23
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$40,960	1880	0.7
Midland, MI	$40,880	120	0.38
Janesville-Beloit, WI	$40,870	170	0.3
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	$40,860	190	0.45
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$40,810	3100	0.63
Saginaw, MI	$40,730	210	0.32
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$40,690	990	0.39
Pueblo, CO	$40,360	490	0.96
Springfield, MA	$40,340	1310	0.79
Vineland, NJ	$40,260	390	0.76
Elmira, NY	$40,130	90	0.33
Green Bay, WI	$40,130	640	0.45
Traverse City, MI	$40,060	180	0.32
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$40,030	83280	1.61
Sheboygan, WI	$40,010	70	0.14
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$39,990	48360	1.3
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$39,900	2870	2.06
Mankato, MN	$39,760	150	0.32
Eugene-Springfield, OR	$39,750	730	0.56
Manhattan, KS	$39,730	160	0.37
Logan, UT-ID	$39,600	100	0.19
Iowa City, IA	$39,540	270	0.35
Gettysburg, PA	$39,500	130	0.5
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$39,460	11930	1.34
Naples-Marco Island, FL	$39,450	1040	0.72
Minot, ND	$39,430	80	0.29
Reno, NV	$39,370	1900	0.83
Portland-South Portland, ME	$39,190	800	0.33
St. Joseph, MO-KS	$39,180	270	0.59
Florence, SC	$39,060	610	0.83
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$39,060	4130	0.83
Springfield, MO	$39,010	1000	0.54
Modesto, CA	$38,990	930	0.58
Reading, PA	$38,960	1050	0.73
Glens Falls, NY	$38,920	270	0.65
Coeur d'Alene, ID	$38,870	330	0.56
Grand Island, NE	$38,850	90	0.26
Jackson, MI	$38,750	170	0.37
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$38,720	1830	1.38
Salinas, CA	$38,700	1520	0.99
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	$38,670	380	0.55
Grand Junction, CO	$38,590	230	0.41
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$38,530	1570	0.55
Peoria, IL	$38,530	540	0.39
Stockton-Lodi, CA	$38,530	2970	1.24
Decatur, AL	$38,500	450	0.9
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$38,500	16090	1.27
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	$38,480	350	0.56
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$38,440	2020	0.72
St. Cloud, MN	$38,430	240	0.28
Worcester, MA	$38,430	1660	0.58
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$38,420	3860	0.88
Odessa, TX	$38,420	230	0.34
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	$38,370	120	0.36
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$38,290	23160	1.18
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$38,210	550	0.31
Flagstaff, AZ	$38,200	400	0.73
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$38,120	4270	0.72
Lancaster, PA	$38,090	880	0.42
Billings, MT	$38,040	230	0.3
Madison, WI	$38,020	1260	0.38
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	$37,980	240	0.58
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$37,920	8410	0.79
Helena, MT	$37,920	90	0.25
Winchester, VA-WV	$37,900	260	0.46
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$37,880	2320	0.84
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$37,870	5210	0.77
Joplin, MO-KS	$37,830	180	0.25
Dalton, GA	$37,820	130	0.25
Pocatello, ID	$37,790	100	0.31
Fargo, ND-MN	$37,770	350	0.28
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	$37,740	640	0.44
Dubuque, IA	$37,620	170	0.35
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$37,600	250	0.46
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$37,550	2360	0.71
Springfield, OH	$37,540	160	0.43
Duluth, MN-WI	$37,520	550	0.53
Midland, TX	$37,500	240	0.23
Lebanon, PA	$37,470	130	0.29
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$37,450	25460	1.06
Yakima, WA	$37,440	400	0.5
Ames, IA	$37,430	260	0.56
Boise City, ID	$37,380	2080	0.64
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	$37,340	470	0.47
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$37,280	22010	1.55
Chico, CA	$37,250	340	0.53
El Centro, CA	$37,230	670	1.24
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$37,230	7470	1.19
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$37,210	23800	2.54
Battle Creek, MI	$37,200	280	0.62
Greeley, CO	$37,190	470	0.48
Fresno, CA	$37,180	3620	0.92
Salisbury, MD	$37,180	240	0.53
Yuba City, CA	$37,180	390	0.91
Harrisonburg, VA	$37,160	200	0.37
Rapid City, SD	$37,150	240	0.39
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	$37,140	520	0.5
Visalia, CA	$37,090	750	0.53
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$37,050	12570	0.8
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$37,040	2590	0.92
Grants Pass, OR	$37,030	120	0.49
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	$37,030	370	0.62
Las Cruces, NM	$37,010	650	0.98
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$37,010	10710	1.18
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$36,970	16020	1.43
Richmond, VA	$36,960	4630	0.85
Rockford, IL	$36,960	760	0.67
Wilmington, NC	$36,960	960	0.61
Columbia, MO	$36,950	640	0.73
Cedar Rapids, IA	$36,940	1070	0.93
Roanoke, VA	$36,900	1300	1.02
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	$36,900	350	0.74
Bangor, ME	$36,860	330	0.56
Topeka, KS	$36,830	530	0.56
Asheville, NC	$36,820	700	0.47
Farmington, NM	$36,820	500	1.28
Merced, CA	$36,820	400	0.62
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	$36,810	680	1
Rocky Mount, NC	$36,810	120	0.27
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	$36,800	1040	0.7
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	$36,780	400	0.65
Missoula, MT	$36,750	220	0.41
Greenville, NC	$36,730	220	0.32
Lincoln, NE	$36,700	710	0.47
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$36,680	34000	1.02
Lewiston, ID-WA	$36,650	80	0.33
Tulsa, OK	$36,640	3390	0.9
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	$36,630	140	0.39
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$36,620	2190	0.67
Ogden, UT	$36,600	550	0.24
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$36,510	2040	0.66
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	$36,510	590	0.56
Baton Rouge, LA	$36,500	2810	0.83
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$36,490	9910	1.09
Rome, GA	$36,430	140	0.37
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$36,420	5000	0.88
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	$36,410	310	1.12
Paducah, KY-IL	$36,370	170	0.41
Spartanburg, SC	$36,350	770	0.56
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	$36,330	570	0.74
Oklahoma City, OK	$36,320	4890	0.87
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	$36,270	500	0.5
Tucson, AZ	$36,250	3450	1.07
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	$36,230	570	0.67
Huntsville, AL	$36,210	1600	0.73
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	$36,210	350	0.5
Eau Claire, WI	$36,190	160	0.22
Tyler, TX	$36,170	530	0.56
Bismarck, ND	$36,130	380	0.65
Abilene, TX	$36,120	220	0.36
Hot Springs, AR	$36,120	200	0.63
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$36,110	7970	0.88
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	$36,110	1150	0.51
Punta Gorda, FL	$36,100	220	0.47
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	$36,090	900	0.83
Yuma, AZ	$36,050	520	0.91
Appleton, WI	$36,040	540	0.53
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$36,040	41530	1.78
Winston-Salem, NC	$36,040	1290	0.58
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$36,020	2570	0.83
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$36,010	12200	1.02
Jackson, TN	$35,960	460	0.66
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	$35,930	2260	0.76
Altoona, PA	$35,900	230	0.48
Clarksville, TN-KY	$35,900	340	0.39
Cleveland, OH	$35,890	7630	0.9
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	$35,860	340	0.74
Pittsburgh, PA	$35,850	9250	1.01
Knoxville, TN	$35,810	2860	0.82
Columbus, OH	$35,800	9300	1.02
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$35,760	3000	0.83
Sandusky, OH	$35,710	230	0.56
Niles, MI	$35,690	740	1.49
York-Hanover, PA	$35,660	830	0.55
Chattanooga, TN-GA	$35,650	1820	0.82
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	$35,650	1430	0.71
Amarillo, TX	$35,520	590	0.57
Bloomington, IL	$35,520	470	0.65
Bloomington, IN	$35,510	600	0.99
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$35,510	970	0.93
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$35,500	14870	1.28
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$35,460	29250	1.08
Lexington-Fayette, KY	$35,400	2560	1.08
Killeen-Temple, TX	$35,390	730	0.59
Fond du Lac, WI	$35,380	70	0.2
Kankakee, IL	$35,380	310	0.89
Gainesville, GA	$35,360	380	0.45
Akron, OH	$35,340	1940	0.74
Jacksonville, FL	$35,340	7430	1.18
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$35,270	11420	1.23
Waco, TX	$35,270	650	0.61
Port St. Lucie, FL	$35,250	980	0.7
Lubbock, TX	$35,220	850	0.62
Homosassa Springs, FL	$35,170	150	0.51
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	$35,160	2070	0.98
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$35,150	22730	0.95
Canton-Massillon, OH	$35,140	750	0.56
Columbia, SC	$35,140	5290	1.63
Fort Wayne, IN	$35,140	1240	0.67
Kenosha, WI	$35,120	420	0.68
Dover, DE	$35,100	240	0.43
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$35,100	8450	1.67
Lawrence, KS	$35,080	160	0.37
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	$35,060	450	0.6
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	$35,010	1100	0.82
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$35,010	12020	1.07
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$34,980	3110	1.57
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	$34,950	1250	0.8
Toledo, OH	$34,950	1680	0.7
Flint, MI	$34,930	2060	1.85
Wichita Falls, TX	$34,920	220	0.49
Auburn-Opelika, AL	$34,840	320	0.54
Jonesboro, AR	$34,820	250	0.49
Savannah, GA	$34,810	1880	1.15
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	$34,800	700	0.6
Wichita, KS	$34,790	1650	0.65
Bowling Green, KY	$34,720	390	0.57
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	$34,690	2330	0.93
Raleigh-Cary, NC	$34,680	4780	0.78
Sumter, SC	$34,660	90	0.31
Columbus, IN	$34,630	250	0.6
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	$34,550	1340	0.61
Erie, PA	$34,530	840	0.84
Fort Smith, AR-OK	$34,530	420	0.54
Warner Robins, GA	$34,530	190	0.3
Elizabethtown, KY	$34,450	140	0.34
Williamsport, PA	$34,440	510	1.26
Wausau, WI	$34,400	220	0.38
Ocala, FL	$34,330	390	0.39
Morgantown, WV	$34,290	360	0.64
State College, PA	$34,290	280	0.5
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	$34,260	400	0.49
Champaign-Urbana, IL	$34,250	390	0.45
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	$34,120	140	0.41
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	$34,100	1330	0.73
Texarkana, TX-AR	$34,060	150	0.32
College Station-Bryan, TX	$34,030	490	0.45
Evansville, IN	$34,010	590	0.52
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	$33,990	760	0.86
Gainesville, FL	$33,950	770	0.61
Macon-Bibb County, GA	$33,940	460	0.59
Tallahassee, FL	$33,930	830	0.54
Athens-Clarke County, GA	$33,910	560	0.71
Corpus Christi, TX	$33,870	1210	0.76
Sherman-Denison, TX	$33,860	150	0.34
Birmingham, AL	$33,820	5660	1.32
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	$33,740	1100	0.85
San Angelo, TX	$33,700	120	0.29
Mansfield, OH	$33,670	140	0.34
Mobile, AL	$33,630	1170	0.82
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	$33,620	260	0.66
Terre Haute, IN	$33,550	330	0.61
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	$33,450	3370	1.76
Greensboro-High Point, NC	$33,430	2820	0.94
Enid, OK	$33,280	60	0.29
Lawton, OK	$33,280	410	1.15
Youngstown-Warren, OH	$33,020	1490	1.12
Victoria, TX	$32,950	130	0.41
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	$32,870	120	0.23
Valdosta, GA	$32,810	130	0.3
Sebring, FL	$32,610	130	0.57
Muncie, IN	$32,520	120	0.33
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	$32,480	280	0.78
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$32,240	6650	1.81
Twin Falls, ID	$32,040	190	0.47
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	$31,860	550	0.44
Longview, TX	$31,730	550	0.57
Tuscaloosa, AL	$31,590	530	0.59
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	$31,480	1020	0.84
Owensboro, KY	$31,440	560	1.38
Burlington, NC	$31,370	160	0.29
Johnstown, PA	$31,320	260	0.66
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	$31,240	750	1.04
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	$31,230	150	0.51
Goldsboro, NC	$31,070	170	0.52
Montgomery, AL	$31,000	1520	1.11
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	$30,980	1810	1.39
Wheeling, WV-OH	$30,960	330	0.7
Hammond, LA	$30,880	Not published by BLS	Not published by BLS
Morristown, TN	$30,790	70	0.19
Anniston-Oxford, AL	$30,760	290	0.8
Hattiesburg, MS	$30,760	250	0.49
Jacksonville, NC	$30,730	110	0.24
Dothan, AL	$30,720	650	1.3
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	$30,720	1130	0.84
Cleveland, TN	$30,680	100	0.29
Lafayette, LA	$30,090	900	0.6
Lima, OH	$30,060	140	0.33
Gadsden, AL	$30,040	110	0.38
Eagle Pass, TX	$30,030	140	0.92
Bay City, MI	$29,820	70	0.24
El Paso, TX	$29,740	3700	1.32
Lake Charles, LA	$29,740	870	1.03
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	$29,730	160	0.54
Columbus, GA-AL	$29,720	1150	1.2
Albany, GA	$29,700	770	1.6
Alexandria, LA	$29,430	410	0.83
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	$29,400	180	0.4
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	$29,290	4100	1.68
Laredo, TX	$29,180	900	1
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	$29,040	410	0.59
Jackson, MS	$27,950	3340	1.5
Johnson City, TN	$27,720	570	0.85
Arecibo, PR	$22,080	310	1.09
Aguadilla, PR	$21,840	610	1.53
Mayaguez, PR	$21,840	690	1.59
Ponce, PR	$21,840	600	1.15
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	$21,840	22420	3.93
Charleston, WV	$20,800	2160	2.52

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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Market Mapping
A view of relevant working backgrounds, asset types and experience rather than a search based only on titles.
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Professional Contact Intelligence
Direct ways to approach relevant people respectfully, without relying on applications or exposing a confidential vacancy.
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Persistent Personalized Outreach
A conversation about your actual role, with follow-up that establishes whether a move is worth discussing.
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Evidence about responsibilities, relevant results, systems and the practical reasons someone would accept the move.
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A short list with context for interviews, objections and decisions, not a stack of unexplained resumes.

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