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Transportation Security Screeners · SOC 33-9093

Transportation Security Screeners Salary in the Los Angeles Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area

Figures describe the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Los Angeles city limits.

Median annual wage$73,610
Median hourly wage$35.39

Transportation Security Screeners in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area earned a median of $73,610 per year ($35.39 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $47,010 at the 10th percentile to $80,720 at the 90th. BLS estimates 2,670 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Transportation Security Screeners in the Los Angeles metro area earn more than $73,610 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $71,240 and $78,350.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$47,010$71,240$73,610$78,350$80,720
Hourly$22.60$34.25$35.39$37.67$38.81

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.

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How this area compares

  • Los Angeles metro areathis metro area
    $73,610
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $73,610
  • United Statesnational
    $66,770

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is about the same vs California overall and +10% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$49,940$59,697$69,453$79,210Fargo, ND-MN — $49,940Madison, WI — $49,940Asheville, NC — $55,530Rapid City, SD — $55,530Bozeman, MT — $57,450Bend, OR — $61,110Billings, MT — $61,110Bismarck, ND — $61,110Bloomington, IL — $61,110Boise City, ID — $61,110Cedar Rapids, IA — $61,110Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $61,110Charlottesville, VA — $61,110Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $61,110Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $61,110Green Bay, WI — $61,110Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $61,110Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $61,110Medford, OR — $61,110Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $61,110Midland, TX — $61,110Missoula, MT — $61,110Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $61,110New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $61,110Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $61,110Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $61,110South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $61,110Syracuse, NY — $61,110Traverse City, MI — $61,110Reno, NV — $61,340Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $61,420Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $61,530Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $61,590Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $61,670Omaha, NE-IA — $61,710Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $62,000Jacksonville, FL — $62,160Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $62,340St. Louis, MO-IL — $62,650Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $62,820Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $63,040Amarillo, TX — $63,130Appleton, WI — $63,130Bangor, ME — $63,130Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $63,130Chattanooga, TN-GA — $63,130Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $63,130El Paso, TX — $63,130Eugene-Springfield, OR — $63,130Fort Wayne, IN — $63,130Gainesville, FL — $63,130Grand Junction, CO — $63,130Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $63,130Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $63,130Idaho Falls, ID — $63,130Jackson, MS — $63,130Kennewick-Richland, WA — $63,130Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $63,130Knoxville, TN — $63,130Lafayette, LA — $63,130Lexington-Fayette, KY — $63,130Lubbock, TX — $63,130McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $63,130Minot, ND — $63,130Mobile, AL — $63,130Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $63,130Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $63,130Ponce, PR — $63,130Roanoke, VA — $63,130St. George, UT — $63,130San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $63,130Savannah, GA — $63,130Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $63,130Springfield, MO — $63,130Tallahassee, FL — $63,130Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $63,130Tulsa, OK — $63,130Wichita, KS — $63,130Wilmington, NC — $63,130Fresno, CA — $63,460Corpus Christi, TX — $63,540Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $63,610Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $63,650Columbus, OH — $63,750Birmingham, AL — $63,770Albuquerque, NM — $63,810Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $63,900Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $63,900Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $63,920San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $64,060Columbia, SC — $64,150Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $64,150Tucson, AZ — $64,330Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $64,500Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $64,540Colorado Springs, CO — $64,810Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $65,080Aguadilla, PR — $65,170Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $65,170Baton Rouge, LA — $65,170Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $65,170Greensboro-High Point, NC — $65,170Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $65,170Peoria, IL — $65,170Pittsburgh, PA — $65,270Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $65,460Huntsville, AL — $65,750Urban Honolulu, HI — $65,920Cleveland, OH — $65,940Raleigh-Cary, NC — $65,940Richmond, VA — $65,960Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $66,190Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $66,770Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $67,200Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $67,330Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $68,640Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $68,830Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $69,640Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $69,720Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $69,910Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $69,990Akron, OH — $70,180Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $70,570Bellingham, WA — $70,970San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $71,240Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $71,240Portland-South Portland, ME — $71,510Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $71,510Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $71,530San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $72,130Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $72,240New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $72,340Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $72,510Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $73,210Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $73,610Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $73,610Flint, MI — $74,130Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $74,400Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $76,130Manchester-Nashua, NH — $76,130Salinas, CA — $78,940San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $78,940San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $78,940Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $79,210

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Los Angeles metro area has the 9th-highest published median for this occupation among the 144 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for transportation security screeners, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Los Angeles metro areathis page
    $73,610
  • Salinas metro area
    $78,940
  • San Francisco metro area
    $78,940
  • San Jose metro area
    $78,940
  • Riverside metro area
    $73,610
  • San Diego metro area
    $72,130
  • San Luis Obispo metro area
    $71,240

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:

Security Guards$40,030Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$121,980Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$43,800Protective Service Workers, All Other$37,290Firefighters$98,050Correctional Officers and Jailers$78,770

Highest-paying metro areas for transportation security screenerss · Highest-paying occupations in Los Angeles Metro

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.