Salary data for homeland security professionals in Georgia is provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The information for 2012, the most recent year available, is listed below. The average salaries are listed first, followed by the salaries of those who earned in the top tenth percentile of their profession.
Homeland Security Jobs
Mean Salary
Top 10th Percentile
Explosives Workers
$49100
$66480
Information Security Analysts
$82080
$117090
Protective Service Workers Supervisors
$43480
$63410
Transportation Security Screeners
$35330
$41940
Wages for the supervisors of protective service workers were higher in the Augusta area with an average salary of $46,970 and that of the top earners being $70,880.
The wages of transportation security screeners did not vary much throughout Georgia. For example, such professionals in Savannah averaged $35,040 a year.
Information security analysts in the Atlanta area earned an average salary of $83,880, while those in the top tenth percentile made $117,580. The position of information security officer for the state of Georgia paid $105,000 in 2013.
The information shown in these tables was furnished by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and represents salary data for many of the different homeland security jobs one could find in Georgia’s major cities.
Georgia Information Security Analyst Salaries
Area name
Employment
Hourly mean wage
Annual mean wage
Hourly median wage
Hourly 75th percentile wage
Hourly 90th percentile
Annual median
Annual 75th percentile
Annual 90th percentile wage
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta GA
1780
40.33
83880
40.26
48.07
56.53
83730
99980
117580
Augusta-Richmond County GA-SC
70
37.71
78430
36.62
47.56
62.83
76170
98930
130690
Chattanooga TN-GA
60
39.42
81990
38.51
50.05
56.61
80110
104110
117750
Georgia Protective Service Workers Supervisor Salaries
Area name
Employment
Hourly mean wage
Annual mean wage
Hourly median wage
Hourly 75th percentile wage
Hourly 90th percentile
Annual median
Annual 75th percentile
Annual 90th percentile wage
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta GA
1060
20.09
41780
18.58
23.99
28.82
38640
49890
59950
Augusta-Richmond County GA-SC
130
22.58
46970
21.34
26.81
34.08
44390
55760
70880
Chattanooga TN-GA
50
20.42
42470
18.03
21.99
32.20
37500
45750
66970
Savannah GA
70
21.37
44440
20.77
24.39
29.82
43190
50720
62020
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area
30
20.91
43490
20.82
24.04
28.86
43300
49990
60040
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area
80
21.16
44010
18.44
27.11
33.73
38350
56390
70160
Georgia Transportation Security Screener Salaries
Area name
Employment
Hourly mean wage
Annual mean wage
Hourly median wage
Hourly 75th percentile wage
Hourly 90th percentile
Annual median
Annual 75th percentile
Annual 90th percentile wage
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta GA
1210
17.05
35460
17.15
18.52
20.11
35670
38510
41840
Augusta-Richmond County GA-SC
40
16.59
34520
16.39
17.31
22.94
34080
35990
47710
Chattanooga TN-GA
50
16.90
35160
16.25
18.82
19.21
33800
39150
39950
Savannah GA
110
16.85
35040
16.32
18.64
22.14
33950
38780
46060
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