Security Guards · SOC 33-9032
Security Guards Salary in the North Georgia nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025North Georgia nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Security Guards in the North Georgia nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $36,900 per year ($17.74 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $26,480 at the 10th percentile to $61,060 at the 90th. BLS estimates 500 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Security Guards in the North Georgia nonmetropolitan area earn more than $36,900 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $30,720 and $48,470.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $26,480 | $30,720 | $36,900 | $48,470 | $61,060 |
| Hourly | $12.73 | $14.77 | $17.74 | $23.30 | $29.36 |
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.
How this area compares
- North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$36,900 median for North Georgia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $30,720 to $48,470
- Georgiastate$34,980 median for Georgia; middle half earns $30,920 to $39,060
- United Statesnational$38,020 median for United States; middle half earns $35,210 to $46,200
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +5% vs Georgia overall and −3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Georgia
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for security guards, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- North Georgia nonmetropolitan areathis page$36,900 median for North Georgia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $30,720 to $48,470
- $48,780 median for Hinesville metro area; middle half earns $41,720 to $56,620
- $37,820 median for Dalton metro area; middle half earns $29,360 to $38,680
- $36,430 median for Rome metro area; middle half earns $29,560 to $36,780
- $35,360 median for Gainesville metro area; middle half earns $31,460 to $41,910
- $35,150 median for Atlanta metro area; middle half earns $33,090 to $39,330
- $34,810 median for Savannah metro area; middle half earns $31,160 to $41,110
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:
Highest-paying metro areas for security guardss · Highest-paying occupations in North Georgia nonmetropolitan area
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.