Georgia / Cobb County School District / Security Personnel/Security Officer

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Security Personnel/Security Officer

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

75 employees hold this title in Cobb County School District. Median total compensation for the role is $80,412, above the department median of $61,478.

Employees: 75
Total payroll: $6M
Role median: $80,412
Agency median: $61,478
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$4,081$117,627+

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

How total compensation varies among the 75 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 Personnel/Security Officer pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Security Guards — about 36,210 people — is $34,980. Cobb County School District pays a median base salary of $81,766 for this role, 134% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Cobb County School District sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$29,060

$30,920

$34,980

$39,060

$48,590

Cobb County School District median · $81,766

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 Cobb County School District’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. Cobb County School District’s median base salary is 115% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$30,210

$35,210

$38,020

$46,200

$58,840

Cobb County School District median · $81,766

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 71 of 75 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 Cobb County School District is $80,412, 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 Personnel/Security Officer is held in 76 Georgia departments. In Cobb County School District, the median of $80,412 ranks #13 of 76.

Highest-paying departments for this role

City of Buford Board of Education

$109,992 · 1

Forsyth County Board of Education

$107,685 · 5

Newton County Board of Education

$104,374 · 2

City of Dublin Board of Education

$103,216 · 1

Atlanta Independent School System

$97,781 · 144

Morgan County Board of Education

$95,655 · 1

Cherokee County Board of Education

$95,129 · 2

Burke County Board of Education

$92,157 · 1

Brooks County Board of Education

$90,598 · 1

Fulton County Board of Education

$89,420 · 88

Polk School District

$85,254 · 1

Douglas County Board of Education

$81,640 · 1

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

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