The state of Oklahoma is vigilant in protecting its security, and homeland security professionals are highly valued in the state. Information on the 2012 salaries of key homeland security positions in Oklahoma is available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Average salaries for several types of homeland security jobs are provided below, along with those in the top 10th percentile.
Homeland Security Jobs
Mean Salary
Top 10th Percentile
Explosives Workers
$39520
$52320
Information Security Analysts
$65120
$100740
Supervisors of Protective Service Workers
$42500
$60560
Transportation Security Screeners
$34970
$41470
Salaries were higher in some locations than others. Explosives workers in Oklahoma City earned an average of $58,130 a year—higher than that for the state as a whole.
The salaries of the supervisors of protective service workers were higher in Tulsa than in Oklahoma City. The averages were $47,430 and $38,050, respectively. This was also the case for information security analysts. They earned more in Tulsa with the top earners averaging $105,540 a year.
Transportation security screeners in these cities made about the average for the state. They earned $34,680 in Oklahoma City and $34,880 in Tulsa on average.
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 Oklahoma’s major cities.
Oklahoma 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
Oklahoma City OK
180
29.43
61220
29.36
36.64
44.13
61070
76220
91790
Tulsa OK
190
32.93
68490
32.78
43.15
50.74
68170
89750
105540
Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area
Estimate Not Released
30.50
63430
28.46
40.49
50.46
59190
84220
104950
Oklahoma 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 wage
Annual 90th percentile wage
Oklahoma City OK
Estimate Not Released
17.79
37010
15.84
18.63
27.95
32950
38750
58130
Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area
430
19.56
40690
18.18
21.65
25.15
37800
45020
52320
Oklahoma Protective Service Workers Supervisor Salaries
Area name
Employment
Hourly mean wage
Annual mean wage
Hourly median wage
Hourly 75th percentile wage
Hourly 90th percentile wage
Annual median wage
Annual 75th percentile wage
Annual 90th percentile wage
Fort Smith, AR-OK
50
20.28
42180
20.80
26.29
28.73
43260
54680
59770
Oklahoma City OK
190
18.29
38050
17.75
23.04
28.96
36920
47910
60240
Tulsa OK
250
22.80
47430
23.89
27.26
29.41
49690
56690
61180
Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area
50
21.44
44600
20.77
22.83
29.44
43200
47480
61230
Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area
Estimate Not Released
22.86
47560
21.58
26.65
32.19
44880
55430
66960
Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area
150
17.88
37200
17.15
20.66
23.58
35670
42970
49040
Oklahoma 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
Oklahoma City OK
190
16.67
34680
16.47
18.54
19.51
34260
38550
40570
Tulsa OK
130
16.77
34880
16.73
18.39
19.16
34800
38250
39850
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