How does Transportation Security Screeners pay in California compare to the national average?

California Transportation Security Screeners salaries are 10% above the US national median of $63,360 per year.

What is the salary range for a Transportation Security Screeners in California?

Transportation Security Screeners salaries in California range from $46,880 (10th percentile) to $79,600 (90th percentile) per year, per 2024 BLS OEWS data.

Transportation Security Screeners Salary in California

SOC 33-9093 · State · 2024 BLS OEWS

The median salary for a Transportation Security Screeners in California is $69,720 per year as of 2024. That works out to roughly $33.52 per hour. This is 10% above the national median of $63,360. 5,060 people work as Transportation Security Screeners in California. Wages have grown 42% since 2021, when the median was $49,100.

Median Annual Salary

$69,720

Mean Annual

$67,030

Median Hourly

$33.52

Total Employed

5,060

Salary Distribution

$47k

10th

$57k

25th

$70k

Median

$75k

75th

$80k

90th

How This Compares

California

$69,720

this metro

United States

$63,360

you earn +10% vs US

Salary Trend

View data table

Year	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Employment
2024	$69,720	$67,030	5,060
2022	$49,920	$52,170	8,070
2021	$49,100	$52,020	9,530

Related Protective Service Occupations Jobs in California

Other occupations in the same group, sorted by salary.

First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$162,740
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$133,580
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	$127,380
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$122,140
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$115,400
Transit and Railroad Police	$109,810

View all Protective Service Occupations jobs in California →