75+ Security & Public Safety Jobs in Houston, TX

The strongest local pay benchmark is BLS: protective service occupations in Houston averaged $26.48 per hour in May 2025, below the metro-wide all-occupation mean of $32.51. For the broader protective-service family, annual pay in Houston was $48,880 at the median, $55,070 at the mean, $72,970 at the 75th percentile, and $90,980 at the 90th percentile in 2025. Directionally, the local posting sample centers on about $26 to $29 / hour, with a broader band of about $17 to $38 / hour, and new-opening offers for this occupation family in Texas averaged about $52,082 in September 2026 per Revelio Public Labor Statistics (n=646).

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 36 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $35,100 at the 25th percentile, $41,600 at the median and $51,134 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

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Houston is still a live market for Protective Services & Public Safety, not a shut one: metro nonfarm employment was up 1.2954% year over year and metro unemployment was 5.0% in August 2026. But the occupation-specific direction is softer than the overall economy, with Texas protective-services employment down 1.6% year over year and active postings down 10.2% year over year in September 2026 per Revelio Public Labor Statistics. Locally, the recent posting sample still showed more than 75 openings across more than 50 companies over the last 90 days, but hiring was fragmented and heavily entry-level, so prepared applicants have openings to pursue while generalists should expect more competition.

Best positioned: Applicants who can start quickly in on-site roles and already show first aid, CPR, emergency response, incident reporting, or access-control experience have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not assume this market is mostly high-paid sworn work: protective service occupations in Houston averaged $26.48 per hour in May 2025 versus $32.51 across all occupations, and the current posting mix leans entry-level.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 80 openings in this market. 9 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. AUS: 14 open roles
2. GFL Environmental Inc.: 2 open roles
3. Harris Health: 2 open roles
4. NRG Energy, Inc.: 2 open roles
5. Prevail Security Services: 2 open roles
6. TEKsystems Global Services, LLC: 2 open roles
7. Texas Children's: 2 open roles
8. Texas Pride Disposal: 2 open roles
9. TriMark USA, LLC: 2 open roles
10. Admiral Security: 1 open role

Where the openings are

• Houston: 43
• Baytown: 4
• Pasadena: 4
• Richmond: 3
• Webster: 3
• Humble: 3
• Harris County: 2
• Deer Park: 2

Work arrangement

on-site 72 (92%), hybrid 6 (8%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunities are spread across employer types, not concentrated in one obvious lane. In the recent Houston sample, the most-active industries were education at about 20%, government administration at about 15%, non-profit organizations at about 15%, security and investigations at about 10%, and software development at about 10%. Because employer concentration is fragmented, job seekers should search by employer type and work setting rather than waiting on one marquee department. The named employers that appeared most consistently were AUS, Houston, Admiral Security, and Houstonian, but the same sample also showed more than 50 companies over the last 90 days. That long tail creates multiple entry points for guards, safety staff, venue security, campus roles, and operations-facing public-safety work. It also means the market is less about one giant hiring wave and more about steady openings spread across many organizations. Where applicants often misread Houston is by assuming everything funnels through police and fire. The posting mix says otherwise: about 75% of roles skew entry-level, and about 95% or more are on-site, so practical readiness, commute radius, and shift flexibility are meaningful filters before pay even enters the conversation.

• Education and youth-serving settings (high): Education is the largest industry slice at about 20%, and local postings frequently pair safety work with first aid, CPR, lifeguarding, child-abuse prevention training, and customer-facing response duties.
• Government administration and municipal employers (moderate): Government administration accounts for about 15% of the local sample, and Houston itself appears among the most consistently active named employers.
• Contract security, hospitality, and private-site coverage (high): Security and investigations is about 10% of the sample, with employers such as AUS and Admiral Security showing repeated activity, which makes this a practical fast-entry lane for candidates with access-control, surveillance, and incident-reporting experience.

Where to focus: Focus first on on-site roles in education, municipal, and contract-security settings where emergency response, incident reporting, first aid, and customer-facing judgment travel well across employers.

Roles worth searching next

• Emergency management coordinator: It uses the same incident-response mindset, documentation habits, and cross-agency communication that show up in local public-safety hiring.
• Occupational safety coordinator: First aid, CPR, emergency response, and safety documentation all transfer well into workplace safety roles.
• Facilities or access-control coordinator: Local employers are explicitly asking for access control, surveillance, and incident reporting, which are core building blocks for facilities-side security operations.
• Compliance and training coordinator in schools or nonprofits: Houston demand is unusually concentrated in education and nonprofit settings, where safety training, conduct reporting, and prevention protocols matter.

What postings ask for

• Emergency response (table_stakes | immediate): Emergency response was the most-requested hard skill in the local sample, appearing in about 45% of postings. Who: Everyone entering or re-entering the field benefits from showing this clearly.
• First aid and CPR (table_stakes | immediate): First aid was the most common named certification signal in local postings, and CPR also appeared in the skill mix. Who: Entry-level applicants, career switchers, and candidates targeting schools, aquatics, community programs, or venue safety roles gain the most.
• Incident reporting (differentiator | immediate): Incident reporting showed up among the most-requested local hard skills, which makes written documentation a practical screening factor, not just a nice-to-have. Who: Career switchers and mid-career candidates should especially document this with work samples or quantified examples.
• Access control and surveillance (differentiator | immediate): Access control and surveillance both appeared repeatedly in local postings, especially useful for contract security, facility coverage, and private-site roles. Who: Applicants targeting fast-entry private or mixed-use-site roles should prioritize these.
• Information security and awareness (differentiator | near-term): Information security and awareness appeared as a common certification requirement locally, which is notable because it signals employers want basic digital-risk discipline alongside physical-safety skills. Who: Mid-career candidates and career switchers coming from operations, education, or office-heavy settings benefit most.
• APCO Public Safety Telecommunicator training (premium | near-term): APCO International released the updated Public Safety Telecommunicator PST 1, 8th Edition and Instructor courses beginning September 30, 2026, keeping dispatcher-adjacent training current. Who: Candidates aiming for telecommunicator or dispatch-adjacent public-sector paths should consider it.

Questions about this market

What do Protective Services & Public Safety roles pay in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

The strongest local pay benchmark is BLS: protective service occupations in Houston averaged $26.48 per hour in May 2025, below the metro-wide all-occupation mean of $32.51. For the broader protective-service family, annual pay in Houston was $48,880 at the median, $55,070 at the mean, $72,970 at the 75th percentile, and $90,980 at the 90th percentile in 2025. Directionally, the local posting sample centers on about $26 to $29 / hour, with a broader band of about $17 to $38 / hour, and new-opening offers for this occupation family in Texas averaged about $52,082 in September 2026 per Revelio Public Labor Statistics (n=646). This is a moderate-pay field in Houston, not a uniformly high-pay one. The local median sits close to the Texas offered-salary proxy, which suggests a large share of openings are standard front-line security, safety, and patrol work rather than only premium sworn specialties.

Where is demand for Protective Services & Public Safety roles in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX concentrated?

Real opportunities are spread across employer types, not concentrated in one obvious lane. In the recent Houston sample, the most-active industries were education at about 20%, government administration at about 15%, non-profit organizations at about 15%, security and investigations at about 10%, and software development at about 10%. Because employer concentration is fragmented, job seekers should search by employer type and work setting rather than waiting on one marquee department. The named employers that appeared most consistently were AUS, Houston, Admiral Security, and Houstonian, but the same sample also showed more than 50 companies over the last 90 days. That long tail creates multiple entry points for guards, safety staff, venue security, campus roles, and operations-facing public-safety work. It also means the market is less about one giant hiring wave and more about steady openings spread across many organizations. Where applicants often misread Houston is by assuming everything funnels through police and fire. The posting mix says otherwise: about 75% of roles skew entry-level, and about 95% or more are on-site, so practical readiness, commute radius, and shift flexibility are meaningful filters before pay even enters the conversation.

Which employers are hiring the most Protective Services & Public Safety talent in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

Recent postings show the most activity from AUS (10 postings), Houston (10 postings), Admiral Security (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Protective Services & Public Safety roles in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 0% are remote and 5% hybrid, with 95% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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