Homeland security experts in New Jersey work to protect the residents of the state, along with the U.S. as a whole. The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides salary information for the 2012 earnings of homeland security occupations. The average salary for selected homeland security jobs in New Jersey is listed below, followed by the average wages of experienced professionals who earn in the top 10th percentile.
Homeland Security Jobs
Mean Salary
Top 10th Percentile
Information Security Analysts
$96710
$139360
Supervisors of Protective Service Workers
$54400
$82910
Transportation Security Screeners
$38640
$46610
These salaries varied greatly in different regions of the state. Information security analysts in Camden and Trenton earned more than the average wage for New Jersey. The average salaries were $98,290 and $98,090, respectively.
The supervisors of protective service workers had higher salaries when they were located in Atlantic City and Newark. The average wages in the top 10th percentile were $87,980 and $84,360. In contrast, the wages of transportation security screeners were fairly uniform throughout New Jersey.
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 New Jersey’s major cities.
New Jersey 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
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA-NJ
80
36.07
75020
35.03
45.50
54.28
72870
94630
112910
Camden NJ Metropolitan Division
130
47.26
98290
49.99
56.87
66.43
103980
118280
138180
Edison-New Brunswick NJ Metropolitan Division
390
45.93
95530
46.55
56.73
66.22
96810
118000
137740
Newark-Union NJ-PA Metropolitan Division
470
44.17
91860
42.76
53.08
67.24
88940
110400
139860
New York-White Plains-Wayne NY-NJ Metropolitan Division
3860
56.67
117860
54.57
67.66
83.29
113500
140730
173240
Trenton-Ewing NJ
340
47.16
98090
48.11
53.66
64.87
100070
111610
134920
Wilmington DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division
440
48.11
100070
49.08
56.63
65.55
102080
117800
136340
New Jersey 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
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA-NJ
160
18.70
38900
16.30
22.69
30.09
33900
47200
62580
Atlantic City-Hammonton NJ
290
25.06
52120
22.78
28.06
42.30
47370
58370
87980
Camden NJ Metropolitan Division
340
25.04
52090
23.85
30.61
35.24
49600
63670
73290
Edison-New Brunswick NJ Metropolitan Division
620
24.57
51100
22.77
28.88
36.43
47360
60080
75780
Newark-Union NJ-PA Metropolitan Division
890
27.05
56270
25.74
30.29
40.56
53540
62990
84360
New York-White Plains-Wayne NY-NJ Metropolitan Division
4650
26.40
54910
25.01
32.05
39.47
52030
66660
82100
Trenton-Ewing NJ
180
28.97
60260
27.08
34.72
44.54
56320
72210
92650
Wilmington DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division
270
21.84
45430
20.60
26.52
33.58
42840
55150
69840
New Jersey 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
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA-NJ
80
17.95
37340
17.06
19.80
21.92
35480
41190
45600
Atlantic City-Hammonton NJ
70
17.74
36900
17.42
19.69
20.70
36230
40950
43050
Newark-Union NJ-PA Metropolitan Division
1260
18.73
38960
18.50
20.24
22.56
38470
42090
46920
New York-White Plains-Wayne NY-NJ Metropolitan Division
2990
18.37
38210
18.32
19.23
21.54
38100
39990
44810
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