Guard Security Salary

• Guards industrial or commercial property against fire, theft, vandalism, and illegal entry.
• Patrols, periodically, buildings and grounds of industrial plant or commercial establishment, docks, or work site.
• Examines doors, windows, and gates to determine that they are secure.
• Preserves order and enforces security regulations.
• Warns violators of rule infractions, such as loitering, smoking, or carrying forbidden articles, and apprehends or expels culprits.
• Inspects equipment and machinery to ascertain if tampering has occurred.
• Watches for and reports conditions that could result in injury or loss due to fire hazards, leaking pipes, spills, faulty equipment, etc.
• Checks personnel for proper identification and clearance.
• Permits authorized people to enter property.
• Checks incoming and outgoing packages.
• Observes departing personnel to guard against theft of company property.

Guard Security Job Prevalence in the United States

Job family: Security Guards

Job family population: 1,114,380

Estimated population of Guard Security jobs: 84,024

Rate of error: 0.9%