100+ Security & Public Safety Jobs in Dallas, TX

Observed local wage data is mixed because it measures different slices of the field. BLS puts the Dallas-Fort Worth protective-service group at $28.41 per hour in May 2025, with annual pay around $50,070 at the median, $59,100 at the mean, and $77,400 at the 75th percentile. Role-specific pay can sit much higher: police and sheriff's patrol officers were at $83,040 in the latest metro figure retrieved, while local posted salary ranges center on about $74k to $95k for salaried jobs and about $17 to $20 an hour for hourly roles.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 69 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $39,520 at the 25th percentile, $45,760 at the median and $57,500 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 16, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is a balanced market: Dallas-Fort Worth still has a meaningful protective-services base with about 82,770 jobs, or 2.0% of metro employment in the latest annual data, but openings are spread unevenly across sworn public roles, private security, and sector-specific safety jobs. City budgets are still creating opportunity: Dallas reported 378 police recruits hired by late September against a goal of 350, Fort Worth budgeted a 6% police pay increase and 76 patrol cadets in training, and Dallas police starting pay is set to rise to $83,822. At the same time, Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows Texas protective-services employment down 1.6% year-over-year and active postings down 10.2% year-over-year in September 2026, so the category is softer than the local headlines alone suggest.

Best positioned: Candidates with a clear lane—either sworn municipal applicants who can handle background, academy, and shift requirements, or on-site private-security applicants with first aid, CPR, incident reporting, and access-control skills—have the best odds.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming all public-safety jobs pay like Dallas police; the local protective-services group averaged $28.41 per hour in May 2025, while many hourly postings center closer to about $17 to $20 an hour.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 119 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. AUS: 24 open roles
2. Admiral Security: 4 open roles
3. by Strategic Government Resources, Inc.: 3 open roles
4. IrvingTX: 3 open roles
5. Kings III: 3 open roles
6. Sci Corp: 3 open roles
7. allmh: 2 open roles
8. Amrize: 2 open roles
9. bellflight.com: 2 open roles
10. City of Denton: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Dallas: 29
• Fort Worth: 18
• Addison: 6
• Irving: 6
• Denton: 4
• Plano: 4
• Richardson: 4
• Sunnyvale: 4

Work arrangement

on-site 110 (96%), hybrid 5 (4%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is spread across several lanes rather than one dominant employer. In the recent local posting sample there were more than 150 postings across more than 75 companies, and hiring was fragmented rather than concentrated. The most active industry buckets were retail, government administration, security and investigations, hospitality, and education, each at about 15% of the sample. That mix creates two very different markets. One is the slower, better-paid municipal lane shaped by Dallas and Fort Worth staffing plans. The other is a faster-moving on-site lane led by contract security, hotels, retail, and campus-style roles, with active employers including Admiral Security, AUS, Marriott International, Omni Hotels, and smaller-city public employers such as the City of Maypearl and recruitment handled by Strategic Government Resources, Inc.

• Municipal sworn and public safety roles (high): Dallas and Fort Worth continue to fund police staffing, but hiring runs through formal pipelines and training windows rather than quick-fill openings.
• Private contract security (high): AUS and Admiral Security appear among the most active local employers, and the skill mix heavily favors access control, surveillance, incident reporting, and emergency response.
• Hospitality and retail protection (moderate): Hotels and retail show up as meaningful slices of the sample, making loss-prevention and guest-security roles a practical entry point.
• Education and campus safety (moderate): Education represents about 15% of the local sample, which supports school, campus, and facility-safety roles for candidates who want structured schedules.

Where to focus: Pick one lane first: go after municipal sworn openings if you can clear the hiring barriers, or target private security and loss-prevention roles if you need a faster entry.

Roles worth searching next

• Public safety telecommunicator / 911 dispatcher: It uses incident triage, calm communication, and documentation skills without requiring patrol duties.
• Emergency management specialist: It fits candidates who like planning, coordination, and response protocols more than frontline enforcement.
• Environmental health and safety coordinator: It rewards compliance mindset, hazard awareness, investigations, and report writing.
• Fraud or compliance investigator: It is a natural move for candidates with investigative instincts, interviewing ability, and evidence documentation skills.

What postings ask for

• First aid (table_stakes | immediate): It shows up both as a common requested skill and as one of the most-cited certifications in the local sample, which makes it a basic screening credential for many security and safety roles. Who: Entry-level applicants and career switchers.
• CPR (table_stakes | immediate): CPR appears in about 20% of sampled skill requirements, so it helps you clear initial screening in people-facing or emergency-response-adjacent roles. Who: Anyone targeting guard, guest-security, campus-safety, or patrol-support work.
• Emergency response (table_stakes | immediate): Emergency response was requested in about 25% of sampled postings, making it one of the clearest cross-role requirements in the local market. Who: All applicants in this category.
• Incident reporting and report writing (differentiator | immediate): Incident reporting appears in about 20% of sampled skills and report writing in about 15%, which matters because employers often use documentation quality as a proxy for judgment and reliability. Who: Mid-career applicants, career switchers, and anyone with customer-service or military experience translating into safety work.
• Access control and surveillance (differentiator | immediate): Access control shows up in about 20% of sampled skills and surveillance in about 15%, making this one of the clearest private-sector hiring filters in DFW. Who: Applicants targeting contract security, hotels, retail, and campus roles.
• Texas DPS license (differentiator | near-term): A Texas DPS license appears among the most frequently cited certifications in the local sample, so it can shorten time-to-hire for some private-security roles. Who: Applicants prioritizing faster entry into private security.

Questions about this market

What do Protective Services & Public Safety roles pay in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

Observed local wage data is mixed because it measures different slices of the field. BLS puts the Dallas-Fort Worth protective-service group at $28.41 per hour in May 2025, with annual pay around $50,070 at the median, $59,100 at the mean, and $77,400 at the 75th percentile. Role-specific pay can sit much higher: police and sheriff's patrol officers were at $83,040 in the latest metro figure retrieved, while local posted salary ranges center on about $74k to $95k for salaried jobs and about $17 to $20 an hour for hourly roles. DFW offers solid upside, but not a broad pay premium across the whole category. The national protective-service mean was $29.19 per hour versus $28.41 in Dallas-Fort Worth, so better-than-average earnings usually come from sworn municipal roles, specialized investigations, or supervisory tracks rather than the average opening.

Where is demand for Protective Services & Public Safety roles in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX concentrated?

Real opportunity is spread across several lanes rather than one dominant employer. In the recent local posting sample there were more than 150 postings across more than 75 companies, and hiring was fragmented rather than concentrated. The most active industry buckets were retail, government administration, security and investigations, hospitality, and education, each at about 15% of the sample. That mix creates two very different markets. One is the slower, better-paid municipal lane shaped by Dallas and Fort Worth staffing plans. The other is a faster-moving on-site lane led by contract security, hotels, retail, and campus-style roles, with active employers including Admiral Security, AUS, Marriott International, Omni Hotels, and smaller-city public employers such as the City of Maypearl and recruitment handled by Strategic Government Resources, Inc.

Which employers are hiring the most Protective Services & Public Safety talent in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

Recent postings show the most activity from Admiral Security (15 postings), City of Maypearl (10 postings), AUS (10 postings), by Strategic Government Resources, Inc. (10 postings), Marriott International (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Protective Services & Public Safety roles in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 0% are remote and 4% hybrid, with 95% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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