{"id":30183,"date":"2021-01-26T13:42:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T13:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/get-daily\/?p=30183"},"modified":"2025-05-16T13:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T13:01:06","slug":"how-much-should-security-guards-get-paid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/get-daily\/how-much-should-security-guards-get-paid\/","title":{"rendered":"How much should security guards get paid?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With a lot of controversy around how much Security Guards should be paid, we decided to ask our followers what they think the average wage per hour should be.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/get-daily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-26-at-11.07.28-1024x332.png\" alt=\"Screenshot-2021-01-26-at-11.07.28\" class=\"wp-image-30184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/get-daily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-26-at-11.07.28-1024x332.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/get-daily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-26-at-11.07.28-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/get-daily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-26-at-11.07.28-768x249.png 768w, https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/get-daily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-26-at-11.07.28-1536x498.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/get-daily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-26-at-11.07.28.png 1858w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The current UK average is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indeed.co.uk\/career\/security-guard\/salaries\">\u00a39.37 per hour<\/a>, however the majority of respondents (42%) believe that Security Guards should be paid more, between \u00a313 and \u00a315 per hour. The second most popular response was between \u00a310 and \u00a312per hour (29.9%), showing that the average of \u00a39.37 an hour is currently not enough as over 70% of our respondents believe Security Guards should be paid more.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at the results it is good to see that only 2.5% of people believed Security Guards should be paid less than \u00a310 an hour, highlighting the importance and value of Security Guards in the workplace. It is also very interesting to see just over 10% of respondents believe that Security Guards should be paid over \u00a318 per hour. This could be due to the risk element associated with the role and therefore they feel they should be compensated more for this.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Security Guards World Wide<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the average security guard wage in the UK being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indeed.co.uk\/career\/security-guard\/salaries\">\u00a39.37 per hour<\/a>, an hour, we decided to take a look at the average wages across the world. The country with the highest average wage is Switzerland at \u00a315.07 with the lowest average wage for a country being Sweden with only \u00a37.25 per hour.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re looking to work in the sunny down under, Australia\u2019s average wage is \u00a315.84 and across the pond in the United states, the average wage is around \u00a39.65.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now these figures don\u2019t include the average cost of living and therefore if you are considering taking your expertise elsewhere, this is something we highly recommend you consider when choosing where you go!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Security Guards<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having a SIA Security Guard licence can give you such a wide range of career options, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2705 Manned Guarding&nbsp;<br>\u2705 Patrol Officer<br>\u2705 Key-Holders<br>\u2705 Site Security <br>\u2705 Retail Security Officer<br>\u2705 Building Reception<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in finding out more about our Security Guard courses and would like to find out more, you can visit our Security Guard page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/security-guard-training\">here<\/a>. We offer both in-class and online training for this course.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a lot of controversy around how much Security Guards should be paid, we decided to ask our followers what they think the average wage per hour should be.&nbsp; The current UK average is \u00a39.37 per hour, however the majority of respondents (42%) believe that Security Guards should be paid more, between \u00a313 and \u00a315 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":34916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[546,547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-licensed-life","category-security"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How much should security guards get paid? - Get Licensed Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We asked our followers how much they think Security Guards should be paid. 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