Maryland has a lot of critical infrastructure that is vital to the country as a whole, and a number of homeland security professionals are employed in the state. Salary data from 2012 is available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The average salary of a number of homeland security professionals in Maryland is listed below, followed by the average salary for those who earned in the top 10th percentile of their profession.
Homeland Security Jobs
Mean Salary
Top 10th Percentile
Explosives Workers
$51400
$59430
Information Security Analysts
$100230
$152070
Supervisors of Protective Service Workers
$52970
$85370
Transportation Security Screeners
$39170
$47150
The salaries of some homeland security professionals varied quite a bit throughout Maryland. Information security analysts in the Bethesda area earned an average of $111,010 a year with the top earners averaging $173,550.
This is also the case for the salaries for protective service worker supervisors. Supervisors in Baltimore who were in the top 10th percentile of their field made $87,650 a year.
In contrast, the salaries of transportation security screeners were fairly consistent throughout Maryland.
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 Maryland’s major cities.
Maryland 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
Baltimore-Towson MD
1670
47.87
99570
45.04
60.14
71.25
93670
125100
148190
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick MD Metropolitan Division
900
53.37
111010
52.69
67.22
83.44
109590
139820
173550
Hagerstown-Martinsburg MD-WV
60
34.24
71230
30.81
46.49
63.59
64080
96700
132270
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division
9400
49.35
102650
48.03
59.89
70.43
99900
124570
146500
Wilmington DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division
440
48.11
100070
49.08
56.63
65.55
102080
117800
136340
St. Marys County Maryland nonmetropolitan area
280
38.97
81050
37.92
46.81
56.03
78880
97370
116540
Maryland 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
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division
150
26.70
55540
26.53
27.97
31.82
55190
58180
66190
Maryland 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
Baltimore-Towson MD
570
25.58
53200
24.36
31.24
42.14
50660
64970
87650
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick MD Metropolitan Division
280
26.70
55540
28.13
33.17
36.24
58520
68980
75380
Hagerstown-Martinsburg MD-WV
60
24.52
51000
25.71
32.55
35.59
53470
67710
74030
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division
1810
25.68
53410
24.92
30.51
38.28
51830
63460
79620
Wilmington DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division
270
21.84
45430
20.60
26.52
33.58
42840
55150
69840
Upper Eastern Shore nonmetropolitan area
50
21.51
44740
20.40
23.28
31.27
42420
48410
65050
Maryland 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
Baltimore-Towson MD
600
18.82
39150
18.21
20.39
22.67
37870
42420
47150
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division
1380
17.74
36910
17.67
18.83
20.80
36750
39170
43250
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