Security guard jobs in the United States (32,772 jobs)

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

Counted Nov 9, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 32,772
Employers: 3,772

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payUSD / hour: $20.13Across 23,226 listings
Average starting payUSD / year: $74,986Across 579 listings
Average starting payUSD / month: $11,223Across 15 listings

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

Where work happens

Remote: <1%56 listings
Hybrid: <1%54 listings
On-site: 5%1,547 listings

Not specified: 95% (31,115 listings)

Employers hiring include Allied Universal (16,051), Securitas Security Services (793), GardaWorld (737).

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 Part Time Patrol Watch
Allied Universal
West Jefferson, OH
- $18.67 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…
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Security Officer Armed Perimeter Patrol
Allied Universal
Daytona Beach, FL
- $20 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…
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Security Officer Full Time Hospital Reception
Allied Universal
Dublin, OH
- $19.5 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…
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Residential Security Agent
Keelson Strategic
Santa Barbara, CA
- $37 USD / hour
This position is for an on-call, part-time armed Residential Security Team Agent supporting a protective security detail in Santa Barbara, CA. There is potential to transition to a…
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Security Officer Part Time Patrol Logistics Facility
Allied Universal
Pataskala, OH
- $17.38 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…
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Security Officer
Allied Universal
Joplin, MO
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…
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Armed Security Officer- Cleared
Allied Universal
Fort Worth, TX
- $27.32 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…
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Armed Security Officer - Cleared
Allied Universal
Fort Worth, TX
- $27.32 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…
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Armed Security Officer - Cleared
Allied Universal
Fort Worth, TX
- $27.32 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…
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Security Officer Patrol Flex
Allied Universal
Highland, CA
- $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…
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Security Officer Enhanced Part Time Unarmed Patrol
Allied Universal
Valencia, CA
- $20 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…
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Security Officer Access Support
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…
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Security Officer Patrol Inspection
Allied Universal
West Point, GA
- $16.5 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…
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Security Officer Part Time Bicycle Patrol
Allied Universal
Wilmington, DE
- $21 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…
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Security Guard Full Time Access Control Driver
Allied Universal
North East, MD
- $20 USD / hour
- Full-time
As a Security Guard Full Time Access Control Patrol Driver in North East, MD, you will serve and safeguard clients in a range of industrie
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Security Officer Part Time Armed Field Patrol
Allied Universal
New Castle, DE
- $28 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…
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Security Officer Part Time Radio Operations
Allied Universal
Bear, DE
- $19 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…
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Security Officer Driver Patrol Property
Allied Universal
Middletown, DE
- $20 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…
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Security Officer Part Time Patrol Checkpoint Validation
Allied Universal
New York, NY
- $20.4 to $21.4 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…
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Security Officer Part Time Hospital Patrol Documentation
Allied Universal
Brooklyn, NY
- $17.87 to $18.87 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…
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Security Officer Part Time Access Roster
Allied Universal
Wilmington, DE
- $20 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…
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Security Officer High End Retail
Allied Universal
Los Angeles, CA
- $21.5 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…
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Security Officer Armed Part Time Access Control
Allied Universal
New Castle, DE
- $28 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…
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Security Officer Full Time Unarmed Patrol Access Management
Allied Universal
Sanford, FL
- $16.19 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…
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Security Officer Part Time Front Desk Operations
Allied Universal
San Francisco, CA
- $27 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…