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Security Guards pay in Idaho Falls, ID and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Security Guards is $78,680 per year in Idaho Falls, ID. It is $45,730 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Idaho Falls, ID is 72.1% above San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 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 570 wage and salary jobs in Idaho Falls, ID and 26,830 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. 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