Arkansas / AR Department of Transportation / Security Guard
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
11 employees hold this title in AR Department of Transportation. Median total compensation for the role is $36,894, below the department median of $51,012.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 11 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Arkansas, the median wage for Security Guards — about 6,390 people — is $35,770. AR Department of Transportation pays a median base salary of $36,894 for this role, 3% above that figure — about the 55th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Security Guards across every employer in Arkansas, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows AR Department of Transportation’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. AR Department of Transportation’s median base salary is 3% below that national figure, about the 40th 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 Arkansas range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at AR Department of Transportation is $36,894, 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 Guard is held in 5 Arkansas departments. In AR Department of Transportation, the median of $36,894 ranks #5 of 5.
Median total compensation for the Security Guard role in other Arkansasdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 15 jurisdictions. In Arkansas, the median of $39,171 ranks #6 of 15. See Security Guard across all of Arkansas →
Median total compensation for comparable Security Guardroles 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.
Record list
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Security Guard/AR Department of Transportation
Source-specific fields
Helen Kennon works as a Security Guard for AR Department of Transportation within Other. Their hire date on record is 05-18-2006. Helen earned $38,012 in 2026. Their pay grade is 05.