A number of homeland security experts are employed in Alabama. The wages for these jobs can vary quite a bit, according to 2012 salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The annual median and salaries earned by the top 10th percentile of workers in the field are as follows:
Homeland Security Jobs
Median Salary
Top 10th Percentile
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
$29930
$58520
Information Security Analysts
$76010
$108230
Ordnance Handling Experts
$45120
$70470
Protective Service Worker Supervisors
$41690
$69270
Transportation Security Screeners
$35290
$42010
There is quite a bit of geographic variation in homeland security salaries within the state, and wages can be dramatically higher in certain cities. For instance, ordnance handling experts in the top 10th wage tier earn $75,180 a year in the Birmingham/Hoover area. Supervisors of protective service workers in the top 10th percentile earn $72,830 annually in Huntsville.
Protective Service Workers in the state have a starting salary of $35,590 a year, according to the government of Alabama.
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 Alabama’s major cities.
Alabama 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
Birmingham-Hoover AL
650
36.14
75170
36.62
43.37
50.88
76170
90210
105830
Huntsville AL
240
36.74
76430
38.57
48.14
54.79
80220
100140
113960
Montgomery AL
30
28.92
60160
26.19
40.49
45.20
54480
84210
94020
Alabama 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
Annual 90th percentile wage
Birmingham-Hoover AL
Estimate Not Released
22.82
47470
21.09
23.31
36.14
43870
48480
75180
Alabama 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
Birmingham-Hoover AL
160
20.95
43570
19.08
24.48
31.88
39680
50930
66310
Huntsville AL
60
22.23
46240
19.77
25.51
35.02
41120
53050
72830
Mobile AL
60
20.51
42650
18.07
23.89
32.04
37580
49690
66650
Montgomery AL
Estimate not released
20.32
42260
20.42
25.88
28.32
42470
53840
58900
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area
30
16.75
34830
18.07
20.81
29.43
37590
43290
61220
Alabama 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
Birmingham-Hoover AL
120
17.63
36670
17.07
18.65
20.42
35500
38790
42480
Huntsville AL
70
18.01
37450
17.34
19.15
21.81
36060
39840
45370
Mobile AL
60
17.21
35810
16.70
18.62
19.02
34730
38740
39560
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