Compared with the local labor market
Security Officer pay vs. the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area
Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Security Guards — about 83,280 people — is $40,030. Water and Power pays a median base salary of $42,177 for this role, 5% above that figure — about the 59th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Water and Power sits in the local pay range
$36,300
$37,130
$40,030
$45,730
$56,750
Water and Power median · $42,177
The bar is the range of annual wages for Security Guards across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Water and Power’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Security Guards — about 1,283,470 people — is $38,020. Water and Power’s median base salary is 11% above that national figure, about the 63rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$30,210
$35,210
$38,020
$46,200
$58,840
Water and Power median · $42,177
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 271 of 282 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 Water and Power is $98,285, 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.
Compare jurisdictions
Security Officer beyond City of Los Angeles
This role is reported in 16 jurisdictions. In City of Los Angeles, the median of $103,711 ranks #1 of 16. See Security Officer across all of City of Los Angeles →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Security Officerroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.