NYC Security Officers Paid More than National Average
Security officers in New York are paid more than in the rest of the nation, and the profession is drawing in an older, more educated workforce than it did eight years ago, according to a report released Thursday.
Hourly median wages for NYC security officers, when adjusted for inflation, rose 10 percent to $12.99 between 2004 and 2011, according to an article from the Wall Street Journal. Nationwide, industry wages increased just one percent in the same period. The report’s authors credit this increase in New York to the industry becoming more unionized, boosting pay and improving benefits.