New York Homeland Security Salaries

New York is a critical location in the war on terror and employs a large number of people in homeland security. The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides salary information for common homeland security professions. The median 2012 salary for such professionals in New York state is listed below. It is followed by the average salary of those in the top 10th percentile in their field.

The salaries of homeland security professionals vary widely throughout New York state. The supervisors of protective service workers had higher salaries than the median when these professionals were located in the central nonmetropolitan area of the state. They were paid a median salary of $61,820 in 2012.

In particular, information security analyst wages were highly variable in different cities. Those in the New York city area were paid a median salary of $113,500 with top earners making $173,240. Wages were typically lower in upstate New York. The top earners in Syracuse and Rochester earned $156,520 and $117,890 respectively.

Transportation security screeners generally made similar salaries throughout the state. Those in Poughkeepsie earned above the median, however. They made $40,200 annually.

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 New York’s major cities.

New York Information Security Analyst Salaries

New York Protective Service Workers Supervisor Salaries

New York Transportation Security Screener Salaries

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