Georgia / Central Georgia Technical College / Security Officer (Tcsg)

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Security Officer (Tcsg)

Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.

35 employees hold this title in Central Georgia Technical College. Median total compensation for the role is $34,534, above the department median of $23,339.

Employees: 35
Total payroll: $936.4K
Role median: $34,534
Agency median: $23,339
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$1,151$39,684+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 35 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

Security Officer (Tcsg) pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Security Guards — about 36,210 people — is $34,980. Central Georgia Technical College pays a median base salary of $36,888 for this role, 5% above that figure — about the 62nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Central Georgia Technical College sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$29,060

$30,920

$34,980

$39,060

$48,590

Central Georgia Technical College median · $36,888

The bar is the range of annual wages for Security Guards across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Central Georgia Technical College’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. Central Georgia Technical College’s median base salary is 3% below that national figure, about the 40th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$30,210

$35,210

$38,020

$46,200

$58,840

Central Georgia Technical College median · $36,888

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 Georgia range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 21 of 35 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 Central Georgia Technical College is $34,534, 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

This role across Georgia

Security Officer (Tcsg) is held in 14 Georgia departments. In Central Georgia Technical College, the median of $34,534 ranks #4 of 14.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Atlanta Technical College

$44,520 · 1

Savannah Technical College

$37,361 · 1

Athens Technical College

$35,880 · 1

Southern Regional Technical College

$34,463 · 1

Southeastern Technical College

$29,770 · 7

Chattahoochee Technical College

$27,670 · 2

Lanier Technical College

$18,816 · 4

South Georgia Technical College

$18,541 · 2

Georgia Piedmont Technical College

$14,102 · 4

Columbus Technical College

$5,990 · 1

Georgia Northwestern Technical College

$1,502 · 1

Albany Technical College

$1,160 · 1

Median total compensation for the Security Officer (Tcsg) role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Security Officer beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 16 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $32,448 ranks #9 of 16. See Security Officer across all of Georgia →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

$103,554 · 849

$91,937 · 7

$82,534 · 33

$70,800 · 127

$59,390 · 20

$58,272 · 29

New York Public Authorities

$51,460 · 42

Texas

$47,355 · 814

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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