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Pay by state · 54 states

First-Line Supervisor of Security Workers Salary by State (2026)

First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers earn the most in District of Columbia at $83,710 a year and the least in Puerto Rico at $22,640 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The national median is $55,940. All 54 states and territories with reported data are ranked below, with a cost-of-living adjusted column.

Highest median
$83,710District of Columbia
National median
$55,940BLS OEWS, May 2025
Lowest median
$22,640Puerto Rico
States reporting
54of 54 OEWS areas

All states

First-Line Supervisor of Security Workers salary in every state

Sort by any column. Employment is the number of first-line supervisors of security workers OEWS estimates in that state; blank cells are estimates BLS suppressed because the sample was too small.

Annual wages by state, sortable by median, quartiles, employment and cost-of-living adjusted median
#
1DCDistrict of Columbia
$83,710
$73,800$96,610710$76,169
2VTVermont
$78,110
$56,390$87,77060$79,738
3AKAlaska
$73,500
$64,150$84,700260$71,806
4NHNew Hampshire
$66,780
$59,060$81,220250$64,110
5MDMaryland
$63,690
$46,270$75,4801,640$60,681
6DEDelaware
$62,840
$47,510$83,770180$62,961
7WAWashington
$62,510
$51,020$79,3401,800$58,413
8NMNew Mexico
$62,330
$49,080$81,500580$67,594
9NJNew Jersey
$61,590
$50,780$75,6802,200$56,606
10INIndiana
$61,520
$44,930$90,2601,620$65,917
11OROregon
$60,940
$54,640$73,670980$58,958
12VAVirginia
$60,790
$52,420$78,1702,120$60,126
13NYNew York
$59,890
$47,490$78,2307,050$55,494
14AZArizona
$59,650
$47,320$71,8001,550$59,249
15ILIllinois
$59,540
$45,990$75,0702,370$59,565
16HIHawaii
$59,080
$47,010$72,950590$53,733
17MNMinnesota
$58,540
$46,940$80,9101,260$59,359
18MOMissouri
$58,200
$48,400$73,6001,090$64,085
19KSKansas
$57,960
$46,480$69,930480$64,351
20MAMassachusetts
$57,890
$49,590$70,3201,810$54,739
21SDSouth Dakota
$57,880
$51,490$67,96080$65,338
22NDNorth Dakota
$57,720
$50,210$66,930100$64,884
23NCNorth Carolina
$57,390
$41,310$70,2902,730$60,842
24MEMaine
$57,200
$50,500$65,930170$58,939
25UTUtah
$56,290
$45,720$70,060380$56,937
26CTConnecticut
$55,990
$45,710$73,320700$54,039
27WIWisconsin
$55,270
$44,530$69,070880$58,739
28COColorado
$54,680
$45,080$64,9801,520$53,061
29MIMichigan
$54,500
$41,260$63,4601,940$56,643
30ARArkansas
$54,000
$41,980$82,010970$62,114
31CACalifornia
$53,960
$46,040$71,34010,850$48,736
32NVNevada
$53,210
$43,290$63,3302,540$53,221
33OHOhio
$53,020
$46,380$63,9102,030$57,150
34WYWyoming
$51,740
$41,670$65,37090$55,820
35OKOklahoma
$51,400
$44,320$63,4501,480$58,513
36RIRhode Island
$51,090
$47,360$65,680250$49,951
37TNTennessee
$50,830
$39,480$77,0301,850$55,328
38LALouisiana
$50,580
$41,990$66,550890$57,342
39KYKentucky
$50,260
$38,290$64,540810$55,746
40VIU.S. Virgin Islands
$49,710
$41,590$64,99070N/A
41GAGeorgia
$49,400
$37,590$68,2202,540$51,302
42IDIdaho
$49,300
$45,470$61,790230$51,626
43PAPennsylvania
$47,510
$39,060$64,3803,160$48,692
44ALAlabama
$47,440
$37,340$80,150850$53,410
45FLFlorida
$47,140
$43,240$60,3706,560$45,584
46SCSouth Carolina
$47,100
$37,410$61,240770$50,241
47TXTexas
$46,740
$36,150$62,2806,490$48,157
48IAIowa
$46,560
$43,010$63,330390$53,053
49MTMontana
$46,370
$42,220$67,530210$48,994
50WVWest Virginia
$45,850
$37,270$58,870390$51,231
51NENebraska
$45,700
$43,870$61,930370$50,720
52MSMississippi
$43,410
$35,270$56,250670$49,924
53GUGuam
$42,550
$28,040$82,45090N/A
54PRPuerto Rico
$22,640
$22,360$27,9801,090N/A

Method

How the cost-of-living adjustment works

The adjusted column divides each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (RPP) and multiplies by 100. RPPs measure how much a fixed basket of goods, services and rents costs in one state relative to the national average, so the result restates local pay in national-average dollars.

For First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers, that changes the ranking: District of Columbia leads on raw pay at $83,710, while Vermont leads once prices are taken into account at $79,738.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024 (public domain). The adjustment is NueCareer's calculation, not a BLS or BEA published statistic.

Questions

First-Line Supervisor of Security Workers pay by state: FAQ

Which state pays First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers the most?

District of Columbia reports the highest median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers at $83,710 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), followed by Vermont ($78,110) and Alaska ($73,500).

Which state pays First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers the least?

Puerto Rico reports the lowest median for First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers at $22,640 a year, $61,070 below the highest-paying state (BLS OEWS, May 2025).

Where do First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers earn the most after cost of living?

Dividing each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity puts Vermont first at $79,738 in national-average dollars, from a raw median of $78,110. BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.

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