Georgia / Georgia State University / Security Guard
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
122 employees hold this title in Georgia State University. Median total compensation for the role is $38,911, above the department median of $14,228.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 122 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 Georgia, the median wage for Security Guards — about 36,210 people — is $34,980. Georgia State University pays a median base salary of $39,848 for this role, 14% above that figure — about the 76th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
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 Georgia State University’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. Georgia State University’s median base salary is 5% above that national figure, about the 56th 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 Georgia range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 93 of 122 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 Georgia State University is $38,911, 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 17 Georgia departments. In Georgia State University, the median of $38,911 ranks #6 of 17.
Median total compensation for the Security Guard role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 15 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $38,364 ranks #7 of 15. See Security Guard across all of Georgia →
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/Georgia State University
Jesus Maldonado-Padilla works as a Security Guard for Georgia State University. Jesus earned $1,789 in 2025.
Security Guard/Georgia State University
Emily Hamilton works as a Security Guard for Georgia State University. Emily earned $1,202 in 2025.