Security Jobs in Austin, TX

Government data shows a broad protective-service mean hourly wage of $28.89 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos in May 2025. For the wider protective-service family in Austin, annual pay was $38,540 at the 25th percentile, $51,240 at the median, $60,090 at the mean, $78,110 at the 75th percentile, and $99,220 at the 90th percentile. Police and sheriff's patrol officers had a higher $82,060 median in the Austin-Round Rock area, but that figure is older and title-specific. Recent posting proxies point lower for many currently advertised roles: hourly postings center on about $18 to $19 / hour, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $16 to $22 / hour, while Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows a Texas mean offered salary on new openings of about $52,082 in September 2026 (n=646).

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 15 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $41,080 at the 25th percentile, $41,600 at the median and $42,300 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Austin's overall labor market is still growing, with metro nonfarm employment up 1.1574% year-over-year and unemployment at 3.9% in August 2026. But protective-services hiring is not broad-based: protective-service occupations were 1.9% of local employment in May 2025, while Texas occupation-level signals show protective-services employment down 1.6% year-over-year and active postings down 10.2% year-over-year in September 2026. The best openings are concentrated in shortage pockets rather than spread evenly across the category: Austin Police was still nearly 300 officers short after adding a 38-cadet class, and Austin Fire was working to fill nearly 100 firefighter positions. That makes this a workable market for licensed, shift-ready candidates, but a slower and more selective one for unlicensed applicants hoping for broad civilian or remote options.

Best positioned: Candidates who already hold, or can quickly earn, first aid, CPR, AED, security licensing, or the Texas peace-officer path have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not treat the whole category like police-officer pay: most recent postings skew entry-level, on-site, and hourly, while the better-paid sworn tracks sit behind academy, background, and licensing barriers.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 24 openings in this market. 1 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Admiral Security: 2 open roles
2. ACT Security Group: 1 open role
3. Allmh: 1 open role
4. American Residential Services LLC.: 1 open role
5. Anthony, Inc.: 1 open role
6. AUS: 1 open role
7. BEST Crowd Management: 1 open role
8. CapMetro: 1 open role
9. Core Scientific, Inc.: 1 open role
10. Destaco: 1 open role

Where the openings are

• Austin: 23
• Pflugerville: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 22 (100%)

Where the demand is

The clearest demand is in municipal public safety, especially sworn policing and fire. Austin Police remains a primary local employer, kept recruiting through multiple September campus events, and still faced a shortage of nearly 300 sworn officers after its September cadet graduation. Austin's police recruiting materials also point to internal mobility into specialized tracks such as air support, lake patrol, mounted patrol, special operations, and police technology, which matters if you are willing to enter through a generalist route first. A second cluster sits in private security and event-facing work rather than traditional public-agency roles. In the recent Austin posting mix, military and protective services made up about 30% of observed demand, hospitality about 25%, food and beverage services about 10%, education about 10%, and security and investigations about 10%. The most consistently active named employers in the recent sample included A2A Security, Compass Group, Kalahari Resorts LLC, FLIK Hospitality Group, AUS, Meet at Texas, Built for the Badge, and Crescent Hotels & Resorts. That mix says Austin has real hiring, but much of it is practical, on-site coverage work rather than broad expansion of high-paid sworn seats. The main takeaway is that this market rewards candidates who pick a lane early. If you want faster entry, aim at security, venue, resort, or campus-facing roles. If you want the strongest long-run pay or specialized work, accept the slower police or fire pipeline and build toward it deliberately.

• Municipal police and fire (high): Shortages are most visible here, with Austin Police still below authorized staffing and Austin Fire trying to fill nearly 100 positions.
• Private security, hospitality, and venue safety (moderate): A large share of recent postings sits in hospitality, food service, and contracted security, with several resort, venue, and service employers appearing repeatedly in the Austin sample.
• Education, community preparedness, and civilian support paths (moderate): Education accounted for about 10% of the recent posting mix, and Austin Emergency Management continued offering free CERT training, which supports adjacent community-safety and emergency-management entry points.

Where to focus: If you need a job fastest, focus on private on-site security and hospitality-adjacent safety roles; if you want better long-run pay and advancement, commit now to the police or fire pipeline rather than drifting between both.

Roles worth searching next

• Emergency management specialist or CERT program support: Austin Emergency Management continued offering free CERT training, and the same emergency-response basics valued in public-safety postings transfer well into preparedness and community response support.
• Crime analyst, intelligence analyst, or digital evidence specialist: National policing evidence shows departments moving toward civilian experts in data science and forensics, alongside AI-assisted evidence review and investigative summarization.
• Occupational health and safety specialist or safety coordinator: Local postings repeatedly emphasize emergency response, incident reporting, and conflict resolution, which transfer cleanly into workplace safety and compliance roles.
• Fraud, compliance, or investigations support analyst: Investigation-oriented documentation and surveillance habits transfer, and national evidence points to rising complexity in AI-driven financial activity that needs interpretation and investigative support.

What postings ask for

• TCOLE peace officer license / Basic Peace Officer Course (premium | immediate): Sworn police demand is real in Austin, but it sits behind state licensure and academy preparation; Austin Community College's TCOLE-certified Basic Peace Officer Course is an 800+ hour local route into that pipeline. Who: Entry-level applicants and career switchers who want sworn law-enforcement roles rather than private security.
• First aid (table_stakes | immediate): First aid appeared in about 25% of local postings, making it one of the fastest ways to clear basic screening across security, lifeguard, and public-facing safety roles. Who: Entry-level candidates, career switchers, and anyone targeting hospitality, campus, or community-facing safety work.
• CPR and AED (table_stakes | immediate): CPR showed up in about 20% of required certifications and about 25% of requested hard skills, while AED also appeared in the certification mix. Who: Anyone seeking faster entry into on-site safety roles.
• Texas security guard license (differentiator | immediate): The Texas security guard license appeared in about 10% of local postings and is the cleanest credential for getting traction in the private-security and venue market. Who: Career switchers and entry-level applicants who want a faster bridge into the field before deciding on a sworn path.
• Crisis intervention and conflict resolution (differentiator | near-term): Austin law-enforcement demand signals highlighted crisis intervention, and local postings also repeatedly asked for conflict resolution skills. Who: Police-track applicants, supervisors, and applicants coming from customer-facing backgrounds who need to show transferability.
• Incident reporting and report writing (differentiator | near-term): Incident reporting and report writing both show up in local postings, and national public-safety evidence shows AI is increasingly being used to automate report writing and investigative summaries, raising the value of clean documentation skills. Who: Mid-career applicants, career switchers, and anyone targeting investigations, patrol, or supervisory paths.

Questions about this market

What do Protective Services & Public Safety roles pay in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?

Government data shows a broad protective-service mean hourly wage of $28.89 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos in May 2025. For the wider protective-service family in Austin, annual pay was $38,540 at the 25th percentile, $51,240 at the median, $60,090 at the mean, $78,110 at the 75th percentile, and $99,220 at the 90th percentile. Police and sheriff's patrol officers had a higher $82,060 median in the Austin-Round Rock area, but that figure is older and title-specific. Recent posting proxies point lower for many currently advertised roles: hourly postings center on about $18 to $19 / hour, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $16 to $22 / hour, while Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows a Texas mean offered salary on new openings of about $52,082 in September 2026 (n=646). This is a split-pay market. Private security and venue coverage can get you in faster, but the better compensation tends to sit in sworn public-sector tracks and later-career specialty paths.

Where is demand for Protective Services & Public Safety roles in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX concentrated?

The clearest demand is in municipal public safety, especially sworn policing and fire. Austin Police remains a primary local employer, kept recruiting through multiple September campus events, and still faced a shortage of nearly 300 sworn officers after its September cadet graduation. Austin's police recruiting materials also point to internal mobility into specialized tracks such as air support, lake patrol, mounted patrol, special operations, and police technology, which matters if you are willing to enter through a generalist route first. A second cluster sits in private security and event-facing work rather than traditional public-agency roles. In the recent Austin posting mix, military and protective services made up about 30% of observed demand, hospitality about 25%, food and beverage services about 10%, education about 10%, and security and investigations about 10%. The most consistently active named employers in the recent sample included A2A Security, Compass Group, Kalahari Resorts LLC, FLIK Hospitality Group, AUS, Meet at Texas, Built for the Badge, and Crescent Hotels & Resorts. That mix says Austin has real hiring, but much of it is practical, on-site coverage work rather than broad expansion of high-paid sworn seats. The main takeaway is that this market rewards candidates who pick a lane early. If you want faster entry, aim at security, venue, resort, or campus-facing roles. If you want the strongest long-run pay or specialized work, accept the slower police or fire pipeline and build toward it deliberately.

Which employers are hiring the most Protective Services & Public Safety talent in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?

Recent postings show the most activity from A2A Security (5 postings), Compass Group (5 postings), Kalahari Resorts LLC (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

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