Security Guards Salary in Lubbock, TX

Security Guards pay range in Lubbock

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $25,170 a year or less, while the top 10% make $48,500 or more. The middle half of security guards in Lubbock earn between $29,840 and $41,450.

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

Security Guards salary after taxes in Lubbock

On the average salary of $37,350, a single filer in Lubbock takes home about $32,191 a year, or $2,683 a month and $1,238 every two weeks. Taxes take 14% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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

Prices in the Lubbock area are 9% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.3), so the average $37,350 buys what about $40,901 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Lubbock ($42,130). A typical home costs $213,766, or 5.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Security Guards salary in other Texas cities

Lubbock ranks 16th of 26 Texas metro areas for this job; Odessa pays the most ($45,950).

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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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• Transportation Security Screeners$59,470 a year
• Private Detectives and Investigators$45,660 a year
• Crossing Guards and Flaggers$33,370 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$109,940 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$102,650 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$77,580 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$75,340 a year
• Firefighters$72,490 a year

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