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First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers · SOC 33-1091

First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers Salary in the Boston Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area

Figures describe the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Boston city limits.

Median annual wage$57,890
Median hourly wage$27.83

First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area earned a median of $57,890 per year ($27.83 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $48,280 at the 10th percentile to $81,610 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,600 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers in the Boston metro area earn more than $57,890 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $49,590 and $72,940.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$48,280$49,590$57,890$72,940$81,610
Hourly$23.21$23.84$27.83$35.07$39.24

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Boston metro areathis metro area
    $57,890
  • Massachusettsstate (MA)
    $57,890
  • United Statesnational
    $55,940

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is about the same vs Massachusetts overall and +3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$21,840$48,007$74,173$100,340Aguadilla, PR — $21,840San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,490Ponce, PR — $22,540Mayaguez, PR — $23,070Jonesboro, AR — $33,570Albany, GA — $35,190Laredo, TX — $36,000Charleston, WV — $37,350Waco, TX — $38,070Jackson, MS — $38,550McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $38,720Huntsville, AL — $42,460Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $42,650Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $42,810Columbia, SC — $43,140Longview, TX — $43,140Wheeling, WV-OH — $43,250Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $43,390Tallahassee, FL — $43,890Lincoln, NE — $44,060Jacksonville, FL — $44,140Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $44,210Lake Charles, LA — $44,370San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $44,540Appleton, WI — $44,570Greeley, CO — $44,690Lexington-Fayette, KY — $44,910Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $45,030Gainesville, FL — $45,090Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $45,260North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $45,430Lubbock, TX — $45,480Colorado Springs, CO — $45,490Alexandria, LA — $45,520Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $45,520Port St. Lucie, FL — $45,590Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $45,660Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $45,700Omaha, NE-IA — $45,700Amarillo, TX — $45,830Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $45,860Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $45,950Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $46,000Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $46,030Flint, MI — $46,130Erie, PA — $46,160Montgomery, AL — $46,300San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $46,330Lafayette, LA — $46,350Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $46,490Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $46,850Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $46,870Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $46,910Pueblo, CO — $47,020Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $47,070Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $47,100South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $47,130Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $47,240Youngstown-Warren, OH — $47,290Pittsburgh, PA — $47,340Birmingham, AL — $47,410Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $47,600Spartanburg, SC — $47,660Fort Smith, AR-OK — $47,710Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $47,720El Centro, CA — $47,870Duluth, MN-WI — $47,900Corpus Christi, TX — $47,920Coeur d'Alene, ID — $48,010Toledo, OH — $48,080Canton-Massillon, OH — $48,100Modesto, CA — $48,170Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $48,490Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $48,590Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $48,650Bowling Green, KY — $48,690Knoxville, TN — $48,710Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $48,820Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $49,230Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $49,550Mobile, AL — $49,550Greensboro-High Point, NC — $49,710Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $49,730Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $49,890Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $49,900Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $49,930Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $50,060Dover, DE — $50,180Bangor, ME — $50,260Columbus, GA-AL — $50,630Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $50,740Winston-Salem, NC — $50,800Stockton-Lodi, CA — $50,820Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $50,830Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $50,850Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $50,910Bloomington, IN — $50,980Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $51,270Akron, OH — $51,380Columbus, OH — $51,470Boise City, ID — $51,610Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $51,800New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $52,000Lawton, OK — $52,020Morgantown, WV — $52,120Santa Fe, NM — $52,860Lancaster, PA — $52,920Macon-Bibb County, GA — $53,130Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $53,160Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $53,560Reading, PA — $53,650Springfield, MO — $53,740Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $54,310Boulder, CO — $54,340Tulsa, OK — $54,480Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $54,670Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $54,800Urban Honolulu, HI — $54,920Ogden, UT — $54,990Gainesville, GA — $55,170Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $55,270Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $55,310Rockford, IL — $55,450Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $55,660Williamsport, PA — $55,850Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $55,950Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $55,960Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $55,980Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $56,200Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $56,380Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $56,570Savannah, GA — $56,570Wichita, KS — $56,720Monroe, LA — $56,730Cleveland, OH — $56,760Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $56,870Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $56,970York-Hanover, PA — $57,100Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $57,360Yuma, AZ — $57,440Kansas City, MO-KS — $57,800Eugene-Springfield, OR — $57,830Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $57,890Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $57,890San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $57,910Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $58,100Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $58,150St. Louis, MO-IL — $58,330Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $58,490Battle Creek, MI — $58,750Topeka, KS — $58,930Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $58,990Naples-Marco Island, FL — $58,990Las Cruces, NM — $59,010Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $59,300Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $59,340Peoria, IL — $59,580Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $59,580Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $59,600Springfield, MA — $59,630Manchester-Nashua, NH — $59,680Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $59,700Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $59,880New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $59,890Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $59,990Killeen-Temple, TX — $60,110Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $60,200Oklahoma City, OK — $60,200Worcester, MA — $60,430San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $60,590Reno, NV — $60,610Madison, WI — $60,710Albuquerque, NM — $60,720Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $60,770Portland-South Portland, ME — $60,840Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $60,860Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $60,910Utica-Rome, NY — $61,450Tucson, AZ — $61,460Asheville, NC — $61,500Baton Rouge, LA — $61,530Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $61,560Flagstaff, AZ — $61,680Raleigh-Cary, NC — $61,710Fresno, CA — $61,790Ann Arbor, MI — $61,910Richmond, VA — $62,510Roanoke, VA — $62,550Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $62,640Vallejo, CA — $63,190Florence, SC — $63,540Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $63,740Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $64,000Evansville, IN — $65,000Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $65,060Binghamton, NY — $65,140Rochester, NY — $66,140New Haven, CT — $66,540Fort Wayne, IN — $66,720Fayetteville, NC — $67,830Wilmington, NC — $68,940Salem, OR — $70,790Bellingham, WA — $70,940Syracuse, NY — $71,650Green Bay, WI — $72,300Lynchburg, VA — $73,230Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $73,490Anchorage, AK — $73,500Rochester, MN — $77,200Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $82,010Kennewick-Richland, WA — $82,880Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $85,540Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $89,610Chattanooga, TN-GA — $100,340

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Boston metro area has the 71st-highest published median for this occupation among the 214 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Massachusetts

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for first-line supervisors of security workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Boston metro areathis page
    $57,890
  • Worcester metro area
    $60,430
  • Springfield metro area
    $59,630

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Security Guards$44,990Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$78,180Firefighters$73,990Correctional Officers and Jailers$89,060First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$108,190First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$96,740

Highest-paying metro areas for first-line supervisors of security workerss · Highest-paying occupations in Boston Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.