Given its proximity to the northern border, homeland security professionals in Maine are vital to ensuring the nation’s safety. The salaries of these experts are available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The median annual income for 2012 is provided below, followed by the average income of the top earners in the field: those in the top tenth percentile.
Homeland Security Jobs
Median Salary
Top 10th Percentile
Information Security Analysts
$68300
$89760
Supervisors of Protective Service Workers
$45610
$60090
Transportation Security Screeners
$34030
$40740
The salaries of protective service worker supervisors varied throughout the state of Maine. Those in Portland in the top tenth percentile earned $64,520 a year. Information security analyst salaries were also variable with those in Portsmouth having a median annual income of $103,920 and those in the top tenth percentile averaging $137,500.
In contrast, the wages of transportation security screeners were pretty similar across the state. Those in Bangor had a slightly higher median income than the state average. This was $35,460 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 Maine’s major cities.
Maine 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
Lewiston-Auburn ME
40
30.54
63520
29.07
39.02
43.27
60470
81170
90000
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ME
120
32.92
68470
33.58
38.06
43.84
69850
79170
91190
Portsmouth NH-ME
50
47.93
99700
49.96
57.56
66.10
103920
119720
137500
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area
Estimate Not Released
31.41
65340
32.69
35.26
36.82
68000
73340
76590
Maine 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
Bangor ME
30
19.11
39740
18.08
22.48
26.31
37600
46760
54720
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ME
60
21.97
45690
21.81
25.20
31.02
45370
52410
64520
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area
70
21.75
45240
23.64
26.42
28.67
49160
54950
59640
Maine 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
Bangor ME
50
17.34
36070
17.05
18.68
19.49
35460
38850
40540
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ME
130
16.66
34650
16.24
18.63
20.08
33780
38750
41760
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