According to 2012 figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, homeland security salaries in Alaska are as follows:
Homeland Security Jobs
Mean Salary
Top 10th Percentile
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
$61820
$79090
Information Security Analysts
$77350
$115160
Ordnance Handling Experts
$62010
$77740
Protective Service Worker Supervisors
$65200
$90680
Transportation Security Screeners
$43500
$53540
These salaries vary quite a bit by city. Hazardous materials removal workers earned $57,550 a year in Anchorage, while those in Fairbanks averaged $82,420 annually. In some cases, salaries can be more lucrative outside of the main cities. For example, transportation security screeners in the top 10th percentile of wages in their field earned $61,540 in the nonmetropolitan areas of southeast Alaska.
In 2013, the starting salary for a first-line supervisor of protective service workers was $61,404 in Anchorage according to the government of Alaska.
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 Alaska’s major cities.
Alaska 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
Annual 90th percentile wage
Anchorage AK
30
38.98
81070
39.40
51.92
57.18
81950
108000
118930
Alaska 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
Annual 90th percentile wage
Railbelt / Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area
30
29.19
60720
28.90
33.68
36.34
60110
70050
75590
Alaska 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
Annual 90th percentile wage
Anchorage AK
Estiamte not released
25.13
52270
24.90
27.60
34.94
51800
57410
72680
Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area
40
29.43
61210
29.79
32.96
34.95
61960
68570
72700
Railbelt / Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area
130
36.03
74950
35.57
41.76
46.47
73980
86870
96660
Alaska 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
Annual 90th percentile wage
Anchorage AK
150
19.24
40010
18.56
20.47
23.07
38590
42570
47980
Fairbanks AK
70
18.43
38330
17.84
20.40
21.59
37100
42430
44910
Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area
120
24.10
50130
23.15
25.71
29.58
48150
53470
61540
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