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What security guards make
Median
$44,000
Lower end
$34,000
Upper end
$65,000
Job Bank's national median is $21 an hour, about $44,000 a year at 40 hours a week. The lower end ($16.55) and upper end ($31.45) are the bottom and top of the wage range for everyone in the group. That page is titled for guards handling explosives, but the median matches the general guard rate: Alberta's alis service reports an average of $21.49 an hour for security guards in 2023.