The state of West Virginia places a strong emphasis on having rigorous homeland security measures. Salary data on specific occupations in West Virginia is available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2012 is the most recent year for which this information is provided, and the salaries for professionals who earned in the top 10th percentile are listed below, followed by the average salary for the year.
Homeland Security Jobs
Top 10th Percentile
Mean Salary
Explosives Workers
$62590
$49270
Information Security Analysts
$131590
$69550
Supervisors of Protective Service Workers
$63910
$37840
Transportation Security Screeners
$46650
$38050
The supervisors of protective service workers earned much more in certain cities than the average wage for the state. The average salaries for these supervisors in selected cities is listed below:
- Washington/Arlington/Alexandria metropolitan area – $53,410
- Hagerstown/Martinsburg – $51,000
- Huntington/Ashland – $47,130
This was also the case with information security analysts with an average wage of $102,650 for these professionals who were located in the Washington/Arlington/Alexandria metropolitan area.
The salaries of transportation security screeners were higher for the state on average than in the main cities. For instance, such professionals in Charleston earned an average salary of $36,820 a year.
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 West Virginia’s major cities.
West Virginia 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 wage
Annual 90th percentile wage
Hagerstown-Martinsburg MD-WV
60
34.24
71230
30.81
46.49
63.59
64080
96700
132270
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division
9400
49.35
102650
48.03
59.89
70.43
99900
124570
146500
West Virginia Ordnance Handling Expert 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 wage
Annual 90th percentile wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division
150
26.7
55540
26.53
27.97
31.82
55190
58180
66190
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area
80
24.29
50530
25.09
27.76
31.71
52190
57740
65950
West Virginia 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 wage
Annual 90th percentile wage
Charleston WV
170
14.27
29690
11.40
17.25
23.17
23720
35880
48190
Hagerstown-Martinsburg MD-WV
60
24.52
51000
25.71
32.55
35.59
53470
67710
74030
Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH
50
22.66
47130
21.62
30.75
34.49
44960
63960
71730
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division
1810
25.68
53410
24.92
30.51
38.28
51830
63460
79620
West Virginia 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 wage
Annual 90th percentile wage
Charleston WV
40
17.70
36820
17.57
18.97
20.38
36540
39450
42380
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division
1380
17.74
36910
17.67
18.83
20.80
36750
39170
43250
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