Security Career Statistics
- Security guards held about 1 million jobs in 2003.
- About 1 in 7 guards work part-time, and many guards hold another job to supplement their income.
- Many are attracted to the limited prior training needed and the flexible hours.
- The field is expected to grow faster than average.
- Growth for all three areas (law enforcement, security, and corrections) is expected to be faster than the average through 2012.
- Paid overtime is quite common, even when one is scheduled for a 40 hour work week.
- Police officers usually have good pension plans that allow them to retire at half-pay after 20-25 years of service.
- Police chiefs earned an average of $68,337 (minimum) to $87,037 (maximum) in 2002. State troopers and patrol officers earned more, on average, than local and federal officers; $47,090 vs. $42,020 and $41,600, respectively, in 2002.
- Some of the Federal agencies in law enforcement include:
- FBI
- DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration)
- U.S. Marshals
- INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service)
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
- Customs
- Secret Service
- Bureau of Diplomatic Security
- Postal Service
- National Park Service
- Federal Air Marshals
- Most correctional officers work in rural areas, in institutions with smaller inmate populations.
- There are 118 jails in the US that house over 1,000 inmates (all are in urban areas).
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