Security Guards · SOC 33-9032
Security Guards Salary in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Security Guards in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $34,310 per year ($16.50 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $26,340 at the 10th percentile to $44,060 at the 90th. BLS estimates 160 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Security Guards in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area earn more than $34,310 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $27,900 and $38,350.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $26,340 | $27,900 | $34,310 | $38,350 | $44,060 |
| Hourly | $12.66 | $13.41 | $16.50 | $18.44 | $21.19 |
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
- Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$34,310 median for Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $27,900 to $38,350
- Wisconsinstate$37,440 median for Wisconsin; middle half earns $35,030 to $46,210
- 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 −8% vs Wisconsin overall and −10% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Wisconsin
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for security guards, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan areathis page$34,310 median for Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $27,900 to $38,350
- $45,270 median for Racine metro area; middle half earns $35,100 to $48,990
- $40,870 median for Janesville metro area; middle half earns $34,390 to $48,080
- $40,130 median for Green Bay metro area; middle half earns $34,930 to $44,460
- $40,010 median for Sheboygan metro area; middle half earns $33,090 to $48,990
- $38,020 median for Madison metro area; middle half earns $35,180 to $49,560
- $37,870 median for Milwaukee metro area; middle half earns $35,840 to $46,270
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 Northwestern Wisconsin 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.