Massachusetts is home to a number of homeland security professionals who work to maintain the safety of the state and the country. The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides 2012 salary data for a number of homeland security positions. The average wage in Massachusetts is listed below, followed by that of the top tenth percentile of wage earners.
Homeland Security Jobs
Mean Salary
Top 10th Percentile
Information Security Analysts
$96850
$148900
Supervisors of Protective Service Workers
$49360
$73140
Transportation Security Screeners
$36890
$45180
The salaries of cybersecurity professionals varied throughout the state. Information security analysts in the Boston area made $98,760 with top earners averaging $152,310 a year. In Framingham, the top earners averaged at least $187,199 a year.
Protective service worker supervisors were paid quite differently throughout Massachusetts. Those in the Haverhill/North Andover/Amesbury area averaged $63,400 a year with the top earners having made an annual average of $88,180.
Transportation security screeners in Springfield made more than the average for the state, earning $39,730 a year. Those in the top tenth percentile averaged $46,140.
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 Massachusetts’ major cities.
Massachusetts 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
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy MA-NH
2370
47.48
98760
43.48
55.50
73.22
90430
115440
152310
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy MA NECTA Division
2010
48.28
100430
44.00
55.87
75.78
91510
116200
157620
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton MA NECTA Division
40
19.97
41530
14.65
18.52
41.19
30480
38530
85680
Framingham MA NECTA Division
100
52.71
109630
45.60
56.16
90.00
94850
116800
187199
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford MA-NH NECTA Division
100
40.57
84390
37.37
46.58
64.95
77740
96880
135090
Nashua NH-MA NECTA Division
60
49.83
103650
51.08
61.94
69.82
106250
128820
145220
Peabody MA NECTA Division
40
39.71
82590
36.33
48.79
56.59
75570
101490
117700
Providence-Fall River-Warwick RI-MA
240
45.67
94990
43.97
55.00
76.27
91460
114410
158640
Springfield MA-CT
70
41.33
85970
41.09
49.31
54.95
85470
102560
114300
Worcester MA-CT
150
40.39
84010
38.20
50.63
59.22
79460
105300
123180
Massachusetts 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
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy MA-NH
1410
23.28
48430
22.86
27.58
34.20
47550
57360
71140
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy MA NECTA Division
1200
22.85
47530
22.50
27.27
33.29
46810
56720
69240
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury MA-NH NECTA Division
40
30.48
63400
28.94
36.81
42.39
60200
76570
88180
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford MA-NH NECTA Division
50
25.32
52670
20.99
30.30
41.44
43660
63020
86190
Providence-Fall River-Warwick RI-MA
190
27.37
56930
26.05
34.24
43.56
54190
71220
90600
Springfield MA-CT
140
24.43
50820
25.01
28.48
33.95
52010
59240
70610
Worcester MA-CT
50
27.05
56260
25.39
32.67
40.72
52820
67960
84700
Massachusetts 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
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy MA-NH
1090
18.28
38020
17.83
19.53
21.72
37080
40620
45180
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy MA NECTA Division
1090
18.28
38020
17.83
19.53
21.72
37080
40620
45180
Providence-Fall River-Warwick RI-MA
160
20.10
41810
19.21
20.79
24.12
39960
43240
50170
Springfield MA-CT
310
19.10
39730
18.42
20.74
22.19
38320
43150
46140
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