Security Guards Salary in Las Cruces, NM

Security Guards pay range in Las Cruces

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $26,610 a year or less, while the top 10% make $61,240 or more. The middle half of security guards in Las Cruces earn between $30,860 and $47,680.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Security Guards salary after taxes in Las Cruces

On the average salary of $41,550, a single filer in Las Cruces takes home about $34,746 a year, or $2,896 a month and $1,336 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Las Cruces a good place for security guards? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Las Cruces area are 10% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 90.2), so the average $41,550 buys what about $46,058 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Las Cruces ($42,070). A typical home costs $288,339, or 6.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Security Guards salary in other New Mexico cities

Las Cruces ranks 3rd of 4 New Mexico metro areas for this job; Albuquerque pays the most ($46,640).

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Highest-paying cities for security guards

Idaho Falls, ID pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($68,260).

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Related jobs in Las Cruces

• Protective Service Workers, All Other$56,330 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$103,830 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$97,260 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$79,470 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$72,180 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$63,350 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$54,150 a year
• Correctional Officers and Jailers$52,030 a year

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