Arkansas is home to a variety of homeland security jobs. The salaries for these positions vary, depending on the type of job and geographic location. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average 2012 annual salary of the following professions is as listed below. The wages of those who are in the top tenth percentile of their field are also provided.
Homeland Security Jobs
2012 Average Annual Salary
Top 10th Percentile
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
$37460
$46400
Information Security Analysts
$66380
$86890
Ordnance Handling Experts
$36570
$45930
Protective Service Worker Supervisors
$40950
$60850
Transportation Security Screeners
$35920
$43320
Information security analysts in the Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers area were paid higher wages than the state average. They earned $68,310 on average. In contrast, transportation security screeners earned more than the average for Arkansas when they were located in the Little Rock/Conway area. Their wages were $36,090.
Protective service worker supervisors who were residents of Forth Smith earned $42,180 a year on average. In some cases, wages outside of the main cities were higher. Hazardous materials removal workers earned over 13% more than the state average for this profession when they were located in the southern nonmetropolitan area of Arkansas.
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 Arkansas’ major cities.
Arkansas 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
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers AR-MO
590
32.84
68310
32.94
36.01
41.57
68520
74900
86470
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway AR
220
30.70
63860
29.95
35.28
42.80
62290
73380
89010
Memphis TN-MS-AR
110
31.58
65680
28.34
36.46
52.66
58960
75840
109540
Arkansas 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
Fort Smith AR-OK
50
20.28
42180
20.80
26.29
28.73
43260
54680
59770
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway AR
110
20.22
42050
20.46
24.11
27.93
42560
50150
58100
Memphis TN-MS-AR
250
19.77
41110
19.27
23.00
29.51
40080
47830
61380
Arkansas 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
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers AR-MO
80
17.17
35710
16.80
18.83
20.23
34950
39160
42080
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway AR
110
17.35
36090
16.65
18.73
21.21
34640
38960
44110
Memphis TN-MS-AR
280
17.09
35550
16.64
18.46
20.68
34620
38390
43020
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