Security Guards · SOC 33-9032
Security Guards Salary in the Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Security Guards in the Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $35,690 per year ($17.16 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $27,140 at the 10th percentile to $55,200 at the 90th. BLS estimates 470 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Security Guards in the Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area earn more than $35,690 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $29,830 and $43,390.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $27,140 | $29,830 | $35,690 | $43,390 | $55,200 |
| Hourly | $13.05 | $14.34 | $17.16 | $20.86 | $26.54 |
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
- Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$35,690 median for Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $29,830 to $43,390
- Indianastate$36,490 median for Indiana; middle half earns $31,240 to $44,440
- 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 −2% vs Indiana overall and −6% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Indiana
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for security guards, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan areathis page$35,690 median for Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $29,830 to $43,390
- $44,080 median for Kokomo metro area; middle half earns $36,040 to $54,770
- $38,370 median for Michigan City metro area; middle half earns $31,670 to $53,590
- $36,510 median for Elkhart metro area; middle half earns $31,010 to $43,640
- $36,490 median for Indianapolis metro area; middle half earns $31,230 to $43,610
- $36,230 median for Lafayette metro area; middle half earns $30,110 to $45,700
- $36,090 median for South Bend metro area; middle half earns $34,160 to $39,320
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 Northern Indiana 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.