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Security Guards in Reading, PA
$38,960median, a year
$39,680mean (average), a year
1,050people employed in this job here
$29,990
median $38,960
$50,300
US median $38,020
The bar runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the darker part is the middle half of earners.
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How pay for this job is spread here: higher means more people earn around that amount, and the darker middle is the middle half of earners. The dots are BLS's published 10th, 25th, median, 75th and 90th percentiles; the curve between them is our smooth estimate. Hover or tap a dot for its figure.
This job is less common here than nationally: 6 in every 1,000 jobs (location quotient 0.73).
Where this job pays most
Median a year by state, from lower to higher pay as in the key below. Hover or tap a state for its figure. Living costs differ too, so a higher wage is not always more to spend.
- AL, Alabama, median $33,720
- AK, Alaska, median $47,480
- AZ, Arizona, median $38,290
- AR, Arkansas, median $35,770
- CA, California, median $43,240
- CO, Colorado, median $45,150
- CT, Connecticut, median $39,920
- DE, Delaware, median $36,360
- DC, District of Columbia, median $64,210
- FL, Florida, median $35,900
- GA, Georgia, median $34,980
- HI, Hawaii, median $42,820
- ID, Idaho, median $38,300
- IL, Illinois, median $39,490
- IN, Indiana, median $36,490
- IA, Iowa, median $37,080
- KS, Kansas, median $37,080
- KY, Kentucky, median $35,420
- LA, Louisiana, median $32,240
- ME, Maine, median $39,100
- MD, Maryland, median $38,220
- MA, Massachusetts, median $44,670
- MI, Michigan, median $37,080
- MN, Minnesota, median $43,380
- MS, Mississippi, median $29,180
- MO, Missouri, median $40,390
- MT, Montana, median $38,480
- NE, Nebraska, median $39,840
- NV, Nevada, median $37,310
- NH, New Hampshire, median $45,200
- NJ, New Jersey, median $38,880
- NM, New Mexico, median $43,320
- NY, New York, median $44,240
- NC, North Carolina, median $35,010
- ND, North Dakota, median $39,310
- OH, Ohio, median $35,770
- OK, Oklahoma, median $36,270
- OR, Oregon, median $45,500
- PA, Pennsylvania, median $37,050
- RI, Rhode Island, median $36,940
- SC, South Carolina, median $35,460
- SD, South Dakota, median $37,150
- TN, Tennessee, median $36,000
- TX, Texas, median $35,980
- UT, Utah, median $42,700
- VT, Vermont, median $45,550
- VA, Virginia, median $43,640
- WA, Washington, median $47,100
- WV, West Virginia, median $28,800
- WI, Wisconsin, median $37,440
- WY, Wyoming, median $39,200
- PR, Puerto Rico, median $21,840
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