Security Guards Salary in West Virginia
The median annual wage for security guards in West Virginia is $28,800 ($13.85 per hour) — -24.3% vs. the national median of $38,020. Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025 estimates.
- Median annual wage
- $28,800
- Mean annual wage
- $31,320
- Median hourly wage
- $13.85
- Employment in WV
- 5,200
5,200 employed · 7.4 per 1,000 jobs
Wage percentiles in West Virginia
| Percentile | Annual wage | Hourly wage |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $20,800 | $10.00 |
| 25th percentile | $20,800 | $10.00 |
| Median (50th) | $28,800 | $13.85 |
| 75th percentile | $35,990 | $17.31 |
| 90th percentile | $47,370 | $22.78 |
What this salary is worth in West Virginia
- Cost-of-living adjusted salary
- $32,180
- Median rent burden
- 36.3%
- Est. affordable home price
- $105,061
West Virginia prices are 89.5 vs. U.S. average = 100 (BEA RPP, 2024)
Median gross rent in West Virginia: $872/mo (ACS 2020-2024). 30% of income = $720/mo
At 6.67% 30-yr rate (FRED, 2026-08), 20% down, 28% front-end DTI, 1.5%/yr taxes+insurance
For context, the median home value in West Virginia is $162,600 (ACS 2020-2024).
Estimates from documented formulas — see methodology. Not financial advice.
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Other salaries in West Virginia
- Accountants and Auditors in West Virginia
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in West Virginia
- Business Operations Specialists, All Other in West Virginia
- Cashiers in West Virginia
- Construction Laborers in West Virginia
- Cooks, Restaurant in West Virginia
- Customer Service Representatives in West Virginia
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in West Virginia
- Fast Food and Counter Workers in West Virginia
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in West Virginia
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in West Virginia
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in West Virginia
- General and Operations Managers in West Virginia
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in West Virginia
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides in West Virginia
- Human Resources Specialists in West Virginia
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in West Virginia
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in West Virginia
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in West Virginia
- Light Truck Drivers in West Virginia
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in West Virginia
- Management Analysts in West Virginia
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists in West Virginia
- Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in West Virginia
- Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in West Virginia
- Nursing Assistants in West Virginia
- Office Clerks, General in West Virginia
- Project Management Specialists in West Virginia
- Receptionists and Information Clerks in West Virginia
- Registered Nurses in West Virginia
- Retail Salespersons in West Virginia
- Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in West Virginia
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in West Virginia
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in West Virginia
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in West Virginia
- Software Developers in West Virginia
- Stockers and Order Fillers in West Virginia
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in West Virginia
- Waiters and Waitresses in West Virginia
About this data
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
- Regional Price Parities — data period 2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
- American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates — data period 2020-2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
- Federal Reserve Economic Data — data period 2026-08, retrieved August 17, 2026.
Figures are shown exactly as published by the source or derived by the documented formulas on our methodology page. Where a source suppresses an estimate, we show “—” rather than a substitute value.