Homeland security salary information for residents of Arizona in 2012 is provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Incomes for the average wage and for those who earned in the top 10th percentile for their fields are listed below:
Homeland Security Jobs
Mean Salary
Top 10th Percentile
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
$39920
$56220
Information Security Analysts
$84880
$123270
Ordnance Handling Experts
$47810
$66290
Protective Service Worker Supervisors
$44310
$66280
Transportation Security Screeners
$36200
$42770
The salaries for homeland security professionals vary throughout the state. Top earners for those who supervised protective service workers made $70,860 in Flagstaff in 2012. Wages for information security analysts who were in the top 10th percentile were 20% higher for those in Tucson compared to the figure for the state as a whole.
In contrast, the average top 10th percentile salaries for hazardous materials removal workers were $57,600 for those in the Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale area as compared to $43,630 in Tucson. Ordnance handling experts in the Phoenix area also had higher salaries than the state average for those in the top 10th percentile.
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 Arizona’s major cities.
Arizona 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
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale AZ
1150
41.36
86030
41.65
51.59
57.93
86620
107300
120490
Tucson AZ
Estimate Not Released
40.02
83230
36.35
48.46
71.18
75620
100790
148050
Southeast Arizona nonmetropolitan area
Estimate Not Released
37.31
77600
38.20
43.82
62.01
79460
91140
128980
Arizona 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
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale AZ
Estimate Not Released
21.75
45250
25.02
29.75
33.55
52040
61880
69790
Arizona 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
Flagstaff AZ
30
28.44
59160
29.36
31.28
34.07
61070
65060
70860
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale AZ
1130
20.90
43480
20.71
25.43
30.48
43080
52890
63400
Prescott AZ
40
20.41
42450
18.52
24.41
28.59
38530
50780
59470
Tucson AZ
250
22.93
47700
19.78
27.19
36.13
41140
56560
75140
Yuma AZ
40
19.59
40740
18.24
23.76
32.09
37940
49430
66750
North Arizona nonmetropolitan area
80
19.58
40720
17.33
21.91
32.20
36050
45580
66970
Arizona 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
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale AZ
1030
17.42
36240
17.16
18.99
20.71
35680
39490
43080
Tucson AZ
170
17.54
36490
17.20
18.75
19.78
35770
39010
41140
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