City of Philadelphia / Com Commerce - Division of Aviation / Security Officer 1
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employee holds this title in Com Commerce - Division of Aviation. Median total compensation for the role is $79,471, above the department median of $2,376.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, the median wage for Security Guards — about 25,460 people — is $37,450. Com Commerce - Division of Aviation pays a median base salary of $25,273 for this role, 33% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Security Guards across every employer in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Com Commerce - Division of Aviation’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. Com Commerce - Division of Aviation’s median base salary is 34% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Com Commerce - Division of Aviation is $79,471, 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 departments
Security Officer 1 is held in 6 City of Philadelphia departments. In Com Commerce - Division of Aviation, the median of $79,471 ranks #1 of 6.
Median total compensation for the Security Officer 1 role in other City of Philadelphiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 16 jurisdictions. In City of Philadelphia, the median of $19,240 ranks #11 of 16. See Security Officer across all of City of Philadelphia →
Median total compensation for comparable Security Officer roles 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.
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Record list
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Security Officer 1/Com Commerce - Division of Aviation
Source-specific fields
Michael Stepalovitch is a Security Officer 1 at Com Commerce - Division of Aviation. They work salaried. 2021 total compensation came to $79,471.