How much do Security Guards make in Warner Robins, GA?

Percentile spread

For Security Guards, the published 10th percentile is $29,830 and the 90th percentile is $64,690. The difference is $34,860, which is 101.0% 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 $30,900 to the 75th at $45,200, covers $14,300.

The mean annual wage is $40,110, which sits above the median of $34,530. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Warner Robins, GA median is 9.2% lower than the national median of $38,020 for Security Guards. In 2024 national prices the local median is $36,817, which is 3.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.3% lower than the Georgia median of $34,980.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Warner Robins, GA is 93.789, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $34,530 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Security Guards at $36,817 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

27 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Security Guards. Warner Robins, GA ranks 14th of 28 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).).

• Macon-Bibb County, GA is 25 miles away, with a median of $33,940 and employment of 460. That median is 1.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,338, against $36,817 here.
• Albany, GA is 63 miles away, with a median of $29,700 and employment of 770. That median is 14% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,877, against $36,817 here.
• Columbus, GA-AL is 66 miles away, with a median of $29,720 and employment of 1,150. That median is 13.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,283, against $36,817 here.

Employment share

Security Guards accounts for 0.25% of wage-and-salary employment in Warner Robins, GA (190 of 76,050). 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.