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Security Guards pay in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC and Idaho Falls, ID
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Security Guards is $35,010 per year in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. It is $78,680 per year in Idaho Falls, ID. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 55.5% below Idaho Falls, ID on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 33-9032 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 12,020 wage and salary jobs in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC and 570 in Idaho Falls, ID. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings