How much do Security Guards make in Billings, MT?

Percentile spread

For Security Guards, the published 10th percentile is $28,970 and the 90th percentile is $54,620. The difference is $25,650, which is 67.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $34,110 to the 75th at $46,270, covers $12,160.

The mean annual wage is $40,820, which sits above the median of $38,040. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Billings, MT median is 0.1% higher than the national median of $38,020 for Security Guards. In 2024 national prices the local median is $40,673, which is 7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.1% lower than the Montana median of $38,480.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Billings, MT is 93.526, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $38,040 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Security Guards at $40,673 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Security Guards. Billings, MT ranks 3rd of 4 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Bozeman, MT is 113 miles away, with a median of $41,420 and employment of 130. That median is 8.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,406, against $40,673 here.
• Great Falls, MT is 167 miles away, with a median of $41,950 and employment of 260. That median is 10.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,317, against $40,673 here.
• Helena, MT is 175 miles away, with a median of $37,920 and employment of 90. That median is 0.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,634, against $40,673 here.

Employment share

Security Guards accounts for 0.25% of wage-and-salary employment in Billings, MT (230 of 93,800). Nationally the occupation is 0.83% of employment (1,283,470 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.30 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.