Security Guards · SOC 33-9032
Security Guards Salary in the Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Security Guards in the Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $46,600 per year ($22.41 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $36,790 at the 10th percentile to $61,500 at the 90th. BLS estimates 480 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Security Guards in the Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area earn more than $46,600 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $40,090 and $54,790.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $36,790 | $40,090 | $46,600 | $54,790 | $61,500 |
| Hourly | $17.69 | $19.27 | $22.41 | $26.34 | $29.57 |
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
- Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$46,600 median for Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $40,090 to $54,790
- Coloradostate$45,150 median for Colorado; middle half earns $37,920 to $47,580
- 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 +3% vs Colorado overall and +23% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Colorado
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for security guards, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan areathis page$46,600 median for Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $40,090 to $54,790
- $46,450 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $39,370 to $55,280
- $45,420 median for Denver metro area; middle half earns $38,960 to $47,560
- $43,320 median for Fort Collins metro area; middle half earns $37,110 to $46,710
- $42,670 median for Colorado Springs metro area; middle half earns $36,480 to $47,990
- $40,360 median for Pueblo metro area; middle half earns $36,080 to $54,600
- $38,590 median for Grand Junction metro area; middle half earns $38,590 to $47,500
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 Northwest Colorado 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.