Georgia / Polk School District / Security Personnel/Security Officer
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employees hold this title in Polk School District. Median total compensation for the role is $85,254, above the department median of $49,015.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Security Guards — about 36,210 people — is $34,980. Polk School District pays a median base salary of $85,254 for this role, 144% above that figure — above the 90th 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 Polk 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. Polk School District’s median base salary is 124% above that national figure, above the 90th 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.
Median total compensation for this role at Polk School District is $85,254, 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 Personnel/Security Officer is held in 76 Georgia departments. In Polk School District, the median of $85,254 ranks #11 of 76.
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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Security Personnel/Security Officer/Polk School District
At Polk School District, Zachary Kinsey serves as a Security Personnel/Security Officer. Their 2025 pay totaled $85,254.