Security Officer

Across all employers in the Albuquerque, NM area, the median wage for Security Guards — about 4,440 people — is $44,780. Gs-General Services Department pays a median base salary of $32,651 for this role, 27% below that figure — about the 15th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Computed over the 59 of 83 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Gs-General Services Department is $30,066, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Security Officer is held in 2 City of Albuquerque departments. In Gs-General Services Department, the median of $30,066 ranks #1 of 2.

This role is reported in 16 jurisdictions. In City of Albuquerque, the median of $29,326 ranks #10 of 16. See Security Officer across all of City of Albuquerque →