Senior-Level

Security Site Supervisor

A senior supervisor of security at a specific site, you own the operational supervision of the security team at one property — supervising shifts, training and developing officers, leading incident response, and serving as senior security presence at the property.

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What it's like

What it's like to be a Security Site Supervisor

Days move across the property, the shifts, and the operations team — walking the property, sitting in shift briefings, coaching officers, supporting incident response, sitting with property management on security-program performance. You're often the most senior security person at the site during the bulk of the operational day. Site incidents and officer performance anchor the operating measures.

The harder part is often the embedded-property relational layer — site supervisors build relationships with property management, tenants, and operations staff over years, and senior site supervision blends security operations with those relationships. Variance across sites shapes the role: hospital, corporate, retail, hospitality, and industrial sites each carry distinct operational rhythms and security considerations.

This work tends to suit people embedded-property comfortable, operationally fluent, and steady through incident response when shift supervisors need senior backup. CPP credentials anchor advancement. The trade-off is the property-and-relationship dependency — site supervisors often build their reputations within specific properties, and career mobility may run through cross-site senior roles or moves to different employers.

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Career Paths

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

$239K$179K$119K$60K$0KLower paying387 metro areas, sorted by salary level
All experience levels1
This level's estimated range
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1 BLS OEWS May 2024 covers all Security Site Supervisors (SOC 11-3013.01, 33-1091.00), 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.

$38K–$173K
Salary Range
10th – 90th percentile
211K
U.S. Employment
+3.25%
10yr Growth
20K
Annual Openings

How this category is changing

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

Skills & Requirements

Critical ThinkingActive ListeningJudgment and Decision MakingReading ComprehensionSocial PerceptivenessActive ListeningComplex Problem SolvingSpeakingMonitoringSpeaking
O*NET OnLine · Bureau of Labor Statistics
11-3013.0133-1091.00

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Federal data: BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (May 2024) · BLS Employment Projections · O*NET OnLine
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