Security Guard
4,277 federal civilian employees in May 2026, as the Office of Personnel Management published them. OPM publishes a salary for 1,040 of them, and the median of those is $57,152.
Security Guard, May 2026
- 4,277
- Employees
- 1,040
- Salary published
- 24.3% of them. Every pay figure here divides by this.
- 3,191
- Salary withheld
- 74.6%, under OPM's own release policy.
- 46
- Neither withheld nor averaged
- Paid hourly, per diem or on another basis, or with no pay recorded. Not withheld, and not in the median.
- $57,152
- Median salary
- Annual rate, over those paid per annum. It excludes overtime, awards and bonuses.
A tenth of published salaries are under $42,940 and a tenth over $73,134.
Security Guard, from September 2015 to July 2026
A point a year and the most recent months, which is what the file this page reads keeps. The share with a published salary is beside each, because a change in the median can be a change in whose pay is withheld. A month OPM flags as incomplete is marked provisional.
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| Month | Employees | Salary published |
|---|---|---|
| September 2015 | 4,571 | 26.8% |
| September 2016 | 4,694 | 25.9% |
| September 2017 | 4,734 | 25.9% |
| September 2018 | 4,918 | 24.6% |
| September 2019 | 5,195 | 24.1% |
| September 2020 | 5,397 | 22.6% |
| September 2021 | 5,340 | 22.2% |
| September 2022 | 5,034 | 22.4% |
| September 2023 | 4,899 | 22.8% |
| September 2024 | 4,891 | 23.5% |
| September 2025 | 4,523 | 23.9% |
| May 2026 | 4,277 | 24.3% |
| June 2026 (provisional) | 4,314 | 24.4% |
| July 2026 (provisional) | 4,282 | 24.5% |
How the federal salary figures are made
Sources
- OPM Federal Workforce Data — Federal Employment Raw Data (EHRI Status) — U.S. Office of Personnel Management · Public domain — U.S. Government work · retrieved September 26, 2026
Compiled automatically from OPM Federal Workforce Data — Federal Employment Raw Data (EHRI Status) by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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