Security Guards · SOC 33-9032
Security Guards Salary in the Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Security Guards in the Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $46,160 per year ($22.19 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $30,890 at the 10th percentile to $90,440 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,050 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Security Guards in the Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area earn more than $46,160 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $35,930 and $68,530.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $30,890 | $35,930 | $46,160 | $68,530 | $90,440 |
| Hourly | $14.85 | $17.27 | $22.19 | $32.95 | $43.48 |
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 New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$46,160 median for Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $35,930 to $68,530
- New Mexicostate$43,320 median for New Mexico; middle half earns $35,570 to $53,530
- 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 +7% vs New Mexico overall and +21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in New Mexico
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for security guards, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan areathis page$46,160 median for Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $35,930 to $68,530
- $44,780 median for Albuquerque metro area; middle half earns $36,400 to $54,790
- $40,980 median for Santa Fe metro area; middle half earns $35,000 to $48,350
- $37,010 median for Las Cruces metro area; middle half earns $30,860 to $47,680
- $36,820 median for Farmington metro area; middle half earns $30,220 to $45,710
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 New Mexico 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.