Security guard jobs in the United States

Find security guard jobs across the United States. Choose a place, compare current openings and read the employer’s requirements.

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs
31,775
Employers
3,761

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payUSD / hour
$20.09Across 22,617 listings
Average starting payUSD / year
$74,747Across 569 listings
Average starting payUSD / month
$10,501Across 17 listings

Employer-advertised starting pay, not employee salaries. Currencies and pay periods stay separate.

Where work happens

Remote
<1%52 listings
Hybrid
<1%52 listings
On-site
5%1,485 listings

Not specified: 95% (30,186 listings)

Employers hiring include Allied Universal (15,685), Securitas Security Services (792), GardaWorld (734).

Sources & calculation notes

These figures describe the listings on this role page at the date shown, not the whole job market. Listings can change.

Employer-listed minimums from at least 10 listings per currency and pay period. These are advertised starting amounts, not employee salaries. Jobs without a minimum and unusual amounts are excluded.

Hybrid and on-site classifications may be inferred from descriptions. Check the original ad. How we count

Security guard jobs in the United States

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  • Security Officer Entry Operations

    Allied Universal

    Dallas, TX

    • $16.22 USD / hour

    Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, welcoming, and…

  • Security Officer Patrol

    Allied Universal

    Irving, TX

    • $18 USD / hour

    Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, welcoming, and…

  • Security Officer Patrol

    Allied Universal

    Coppell, TX

    • $17.94 USD / hour

    Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, welcoming, and…

  • Security Officer Weekend Mornings - Shopping Mall

    Allied Universal

    San Antonio, TX

    • $17 USD / hour

    Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, welcoming, and…

  • Armed Security Officer - Downtown Lobby Officer

    Allied Universal

    San Antonio, TX

    • $19 USD / hour

    Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, welcoming, and…

  • Security Officer Full Time Visitor Center

    Allied Universal

    San Antonio, TX

    • $17 USD / hour
    • Full-time

    Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, welcoming, and…

  • Security Officer Patrol Driver

    Allied Universal

    Dallas, TX

    • $18.75 USD / hour

    As a Security Guard Full Time Unarmed Patrol Driver Documentation in Dallas, TX, you will serve and safeguard clients in a range of indust

  • Healthcare Security Officer

    PalAmerican Security

    Stockton, CA

    • $24.5 USD / hour

    This is a Part-Time, On-Call position. You must have a valid BSIS security card. You must be able to pass a physical, immunization, and background check. Final interviews for this position…

  • Security Officer

    North Metro Harness Ini

    Forest Lake, MN

    Seeking a hospitality professional with strengths in safety and security for the position of Security Officer here at Running Aces Casino Hotel and Racetrack from Late April to mid-September

  • Flex Security Officer - Taser

    Tarian

    Georgetown, TX

    • $24.29 USD / hour

    …inclusive and dynamic environment. You will provide direct security and related public…

  • Security Officer Enhanced Part Time Unarmed Patrol Zone Coverage

    Allied Universal

    Whitsett, NC

    • $16.89 USD / hour
    • Part-time

    Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, welcoming, and…

  • Security Officer Gate Operations

    Allied Universal

    Burnsville, NC

    • $17 USD / hour

    Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, welcoming, and…

  • Security Officer Part Time Unarmed Patrol Digital Tour Tracking

    Allied Universal

    Whitsett, NC

    • $16.89 USD / hour
    • Part-time

    Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, welcoming, and…

  • Security Officer Full Time Unarmed Patrol Associate

    Allied Universal

    Whitsett, NC

    • $16.89 USD / hour
    • Full-time

    Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, welcoming, and…

  • Security Officer Part Time Patrol Customer Guidance

    Allied Universal

    Whitsett, NC

    • $16.89 USD / hour
    • Part-time

    Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, welcoming, and…

  • Security Officer Part Time Unarmed Security Inspection Patrol

    Allied Universal

    High Point, NC

    • $15.3 USD / hour
    • Part-time

    Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, welcoming, and…

  • Security Officer - Special Response - Flex

    GardaWorld

    Durham, NC

    • $21 USD / hour

    Ready to suit up as a Special Response/Flex Security Guard

  • Security Officer Part Time Unarmed Patrol Access Operations

    Allied Universal

    Greensboro, NC

    • $17 USD / hour
    • Part-time

    Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, welcoming, and…

  • Security Officer 3rd Shift- WATERLOO, IA - PORK PLANT

    Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.

    Waterloo, IA

    This position is responsible for the physical security of the facility, including assignments to walking or stationary posts, depending upon the location. The position will require…

  • Security Officer Enhanced Part Time Armed Guard Card Patrol

    Allied Universal

    Charlotte, NC

    • $23.41 USD / hour
    • Part-time

    Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, welcoming, and…

  • Security Officer Part Time Reception Alarm Acknowledgment

    Allied Universal

    Charlotte, NC

    • $19.47 USD / hour
    • Part-time

    Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, welcoming, and…

  • Security Officer Full Time Access Point Security

    Allied Universal

    Charlotte, NC

    • $16 USD / hour
    • Full-time

    Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, welcoming, and…

  • Security Officer Part Time Unarmed Courtesy Patrol

    Allied Universal

    Charlotte, NC

    • $17.85 USD / hour
    • Part-time

    Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, welcoming, and…

  • Security Guard - 39930

    Harvard Maintenance, Inc

    Weehawken, NJ

    • $17 USD / hour

    Harvard Protection Services is one of the fastest growing, privately owned providers of high-quality security services in the United States. Our reputation has been earned among our…

  • Armed Security Officer - Part Time At Large

    Serva LLC

    Nashville, TN

    • $25 to $30 USD / hour
    • Part-time

    Serva Security is looking for professional and prepared security officers to serve with our part-time team. We are looking for officers who work to learn and understand our client culture,…