Ohio has several cities that are listed as high-threat, high-density risks for terrorism, and the state strongly emphasizes homeland security. Information on the 2012 salaries of the professionals in this field in Ohio is available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Salaries for professionals in the top tenth of their field are listed below. They are followed by the average salaries for these professions.
Homeland Security Jobs
Top 10th Percentile
Mean Salary
Information Security Analysts
$119010
$85870
Supervisors of Protective Service Workers
$70560
$43280
Transportation Security Screeners
$44470
$37020
The salaries of protective service worker supervisors varied greatly throughout the state. Wages of those who earned higher than average salaries in selected cities are listed below:
- Cleveland – $74,280
- Toledo – $73,850
- Cincinnati – $71,770
Transportation security screeners tended to earn similar salaries throughout Ohio, while the wages of information security analysts in Columbus were much higher than the state’s average. Top earners made $140,020, while the average salary in the city was $96,040.
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 Ohio’s major cities.
Ohio 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 wage
Annual 90th percentile wage
Akron OH
Estimate not released
31.38
65270
31.62
37.17
42.91
65760
77310
89250
Cincinnati-Middletown OH-KY-IN
670
36.31
75530
35.61
44.25
54.99
74060
92050
114390
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor OH
370
40.18
83580
40.15
46.95
55.50
83520
97660
115440
Columbus OH
480
46.17
96040
43.33
52.86
67.32
90120
109960
140020
Dayton OH
180
38.63
80340
38.77
44.74
53.38
80640
93060
111020
Toledo OH
60
33.94
70580
30.93
42.95
55.07
64340
89340
114540
Ohio 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 wage
Annual 90th percentile wage
Akron OH
120
16.65
34630
14.48
22.46
27.46
30130
46720
57120
Cincinnati-Middletown OH-KY-IN
350
22.21
46190
21.13
27.09
34.50
43950
56350
71770
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor OH
610
22.45
46690
21.61
29.01
35.71
44940
60350
74280
Columbus OH
340
18.90
39310
18.01
24.59
31.14
37460
51150
64770
Dayton OH
110
16.87
35090
17.20
22.53
25.91
35770
46850
53900
Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH
50
22.66
47130
21.62
30.75
34.49
44960
63960
71730
Toledo OH
70
25.43
52880
28.11
32.78
35.51
58470
68190
73850
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman OH-PA
70
23.86
49630
23.50
32.78
37.54
48880
68190
78080
Ohio 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 wage
Annual 90th percentile wage
Akron OH
90
17.92
37280
17.56
18.63
21.68
36530
38750
45100
Cincinnati-Middletown OH-KY-IN
290
18.41
38280
17.74
19.60
22.56
36890
40780
46920
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor OH
320
18.26
37980
17.91
19.37
23.06
37260
40300
47960
Columbus OH
270
17.26
35900
17.01
18.93
19.61
35380
39370
40790
Dayton OH
120
17.75
36930
17.21
18.80
20.49
35790
39100
42630
Toledo OH
40
18.26
37990
17.61
18.92
22.93
36620
39360
47700
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