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Careers›Roles›Senior Security And Workplace Violence Consultant
Senior-Level

Senior Security And Workplace Violence Consultant

At a security-consulting firm, specialty workplace-safety practice, or in-house corporate-security organization, you consult on security programs and workplace-violence prevention — assessing program maturity, designing protective measures, supporting incident response, and the senior security-and-workplace-violence advisory work organizations require.

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Industries that often hire Senior Security And Workplace Violence Consultants
Government · 26%Professional Services · 14%Education · 9%Financial Services · 7%Healthcare · 6%Manufacturing · 6%
Job markets for Senior Security And Workplace Violence Consultants
Where Senior Security And Workplace Violence Consultant jobs concentrate · ~390 metro areas
Based on employment in related occupations
Mapped SOC categories:
Business Operations
BLS Occupational Employment Statistics
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What it's like

What it's like to be a Senior Security And Workplace Violence Consultant

Senior security-and-workplace-violence-consulting work runs across the assessment, design, and response phases of comprehensive security programs — conducting threat assessments, designing physical-security and threat-management programs, supporting violence-risk assessments on individual concerning behavior cases, and providing incident-response support when serious situations develop. The senior consultant works security-assessment methodologies (ATAP-aligned frameworks for threat assessment, ASIS standards for physical security), and the cross-functional partnerships violence-prevention work involves with HR, legal, security, and executive leadership. Client outcomes, program-maturity gains, and incident-prevention results drive the operating measures.

What distinguishes the workplace-violence dimension is the behavioral-and-clinical sophistication the work requires — threat assessment integrates with behavioral analysis, clinical-risk understanding, and the cross-functional team work workplace-violence-prevention programs need. Variance is wide: at security-consulting firms the work runs as billable engagements with diverse client types; at large corporations the senior consultant supports the in-house security program; at specialty workplace-violence practices the work focuses on the threat-assessment specialty.

This role fits people who are behaviorally-and-security-trained, comfortable with sensitive case work, and disciplined about the clinical-and-legal frameworks workplace-violence prevention involves. CPP (ASIS), CTM (Certified Threat Manager through ATAP), and ongoing CE anchor seniority. The trade-off is the secondary emotional weight of working with concerning-behavior cases and the high-consequence dimension significant threat-assessment work carries.

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Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.

Earning potential across this track
$239K$179K$119K$60K$0KLower paying387 metro areas, sorted by salary level
All experience levels1
This level's estimated range
INDUSTRIES PAYING ABOVE AVERAGE
Technology & Information$101K+9%
Energy & Utilities$100K+8%
Professional Services$98K+6%
Financial Services$83K-11%
Government$76K-17%
Compared to Business Operations average across all industries
1 BLS OEWS May 2024 covers all Senior Security And Workplace Violence Consultants (SOC 13-1199.07), not just this title · BEA RPP 2023
* Top salaries exceed this figure. BLS caps reported wages at ~$240K to protect individual privacy in high-earning roles.
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The Broader Landscape

Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape — helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.

$46K–$148K
Salary Range
10th – 90th percentile
1.1M
U.S. Employment
+3%
10yr Growth
108K
Annual Openings

How Senior Security And Workplace Violence Consultant pay & employment are changing

$74K$71K$68K$65K$62K201920202021202220232024$62K$74K
BLS OEWS May 2024 · BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034

Skills & Requirements

Active ListeningCritical ThinkingSpeakingJudgment and Decision MakingReading ComprehensionCoordinationComplex Problem SolvingSystems EvaluationWritingMonitoring
O*NET OnLine · Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mapped SOC Codes
13-1199.07

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Common questions about what it's like to be a Senior Security And Workplace Violence Consultant

What does a Senior Security And Workplace Violence Consultant do?

At a security-consulting firm, specialty workplace-safety practice, or in-house corporate-security organization, you consult on security programs and workplace-violence prevention — assessing program maturity, designing protective measures, supporting incident response, and the senior security-and-workplace-violence advisory work organizations require.

How much does a Senior Security And Workplace Violence Consultant make?

Median pay for a Senior Security And Workplace Violence Consultant is about $81K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $46K to $148K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).

What skills does a Senior Security And Workplace Violence Consultant need?

Core skills for this role include Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Speaking, Judgment and Decision Making, and Reading Comprehension.

What education do you need to be a Senior Security And Workplace Violence Consultant?

Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.

Is a Senior Security And Workplace Violence Consultant in demand?

Employment in this field is projected to grow about 3% through 2034, with roughly 1.1 million people working in it today (BLS).

What jobs are similar to a Senior Security And Workplace Violence Consultant?

Closely related roles include Security and Workplace Violence Consultant, F and B Director (Food and Beverage Director), and Security Director.

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