Florida is home to a number of homeland security personnel who work to keep the country safe. The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides information on 2012 homeland security salaries, and the mean annual salaries for several professions are listed below, along with those in the top tenth wage percentile.
Homeland Security Jobs
Mean Salary
Top 10th Percentile
Information Security Analysts
$77430
$117770
Supervisors of Protective Service Workers
$43680
$67010
Transportation Security Screeners
$36800
$43650
The salaries for all of these positions vary widely throughout Florida. Information security analysts in Cape Coral/Fort Myers earned substantially higher wages with a mean income of $107,170 and top earners averaging $117,770. In Miami, the average income was $71,550 with top earners making $108,050.
The supervisors for protective service workers earned high wages in Naples/Marco Island with an average salary of $53,760 and those in the top 10th percentile averaging $105,630. Such professionals in Tallahassee made $48,690 on average.
Transportation security screeners had fairly similar salaries throughout Florida. Those in the Orlando area averaged $36,130 with the top earners averaging $42,220.
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 Florida’s major cities.
Florida 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
Cape Coral-Fort Myers FL
60
51.52
107170
58.86
65.57
69.61
122430
136390
144790
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin FL
30
Estimate Not Released
Estimate Not Released
Estimate Not Released
Estimate Not Released
Estimate Not Released
Estimate Not Released
Estimate Not Released
Estimate Not Released
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach FL Metropolitan Division
160
35.27
73350
36.24
48.23
55.30
75380
100310
115030
Jacksonville FL
Estimate Not Released
35.81
74480
36.84
44.13
52.46
76630
91790
109120
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach FL
670
34.90
72590
33.76
43.18
53.86
70230
89820
112030
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall FL Metropolitan Division
300
34.40
71550
33.76
41.87
51.95
70230
87090
108050
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford FL
470
35.09
72990
33.56
43.21
52.63
69800
89880
109480
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville FL
40
37.45
77900
36.57
43.47
52.59
76060
90420
109380
Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach FL
Estimate Not Released
44.17
91870
48.19
52.92
55.75
100240
110070
115960
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater FL
1140
38.19
79440
36.21
48.50
58.83
75310
100880
122360
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach FL Metropolitan Division
210
35.32
73470
33.16
41.50
53.56
68970
86320
111410
Florida 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
Cape Coral-Fort Myers FL
210
19.34
40220
17.47
23.05
28.20
36330
47950
58650
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin FL
40
18.33
38120
19.17
22.15
28.46
39870
46070
59190
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach FL
40
23.92
49750
22.37
27.36
36.56
46520
56910
76050
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach FL Metropolitan Division
620
17.94
37320
18.36
23.08
26.57
38180
48000
55260
Gainesville FL
30
22.85
47530
21.60
26.76
34.40
44930
55670
71550
Jacksonville FL
350
18.95
39420
16.39
23.38
32.71
34080
48630
68040
Lakeland-Winter Haven FL
50
24.55
51050
23.68
29.96
37.12
49260
62320
77220
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach FL
1710
20.35
42330
19.86
25.05
29.92
41300
52100
62230
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall FL Metropolitan Division
640
21.42
44560
21.48
25.71
30.15
44690
53480
62720
Naples-Marco Island FL
80
25.84
53760
22.80
32.29
50.78
47430
67170
105630
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota FL
90
22.86
47540
23.51
27.62
31.79
48900
57450
66130
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford FL
600
23.18
48220
22.61
27.93
34.61
47020
58100
71980
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville FL
160
25.95
53980
26.52
31.74
35.97
55150
66010
74810
Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach FL
40
20.02
41640
18.13
25.16
32.23
37720
52320
67030
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent FL
80
16.97
35290
14.98
22.21
26.25
31160
46190
54590
Port St. Lucie FL
50
20.11
41830
19.99
23.18
27.66
41590
48220
57540
Tallahassee FL
60
23.41
48690
21.93
29.73
35.18
45620
61850
73170
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater FL
470
20.96
43600
20.83
24.49
29.86
43330
50940
62120
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach FL Metropolitan Division
450
22.14
46060
21.06
27.34
34.80
43810
56860
72380
South Florida nonmetropolitan area
70
23.87
49650
23.91
28.34
32.51
49740
58950
67630
Florida 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
Cape Coral-Fort Myers FL
210
17.49
36390
16.88
18.97
21.42
35110
39450
44550
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin FL
60
16.81
34960
16.33
18.50
20.29
33960
38470
42210
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach FL
40
17.87
37160
17.90
19.39
21.05
37220
40340
43780
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach FL Metropolitan Division
840
18.09
37620
17.45
19.91
21.44
36290
41420
44590
Jacksonville FL
210
18.75
39010
17.48
19.39
24.55
36350
40340
51060
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach FL
2450
17.96
37360
17.68
19.47
21.04
36780
40490
43760
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall FL Metropolitan Division
1330
17.77
36950
17.71
18.83
20.63
36830
39170
42910
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota FL
70
17.84
37110
17.14
18.92
20.47
35660
39360
42580
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford FL
1160
17.37
36130
16.89
18.45
20.30
35130
38380
42220
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville FL
70
15.87
33020
14.22
17.85
19.40
29570
37130
40360
Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach FL
40
15.73
32730
16.08
16.61
18.65
33460
34540
38780
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent FL
70
17.36
36120
16.9
18.59
19.37
35140
38670
40290
Tallahassee FL
60
17.67
36750
16.53
19.22
20.99
34370
39970
43670
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater FL
670
17.58
36560
17.11
18.75
21.60
35590
38990
44940
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach FL Metropolitan Division
280
18.51
38490
17.98
19.43
21.82
37390
40410
45380
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