Security Guards
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 250.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of security guards in Amherst Town earn more.
$37,600 in Amherst Town buys what $37,500 buys across the country as a whole.
Amherst Town's regional price parity is 100.2 — almost exactly the national average — the nominal figure is close to the real one here, which is not true of most large metros. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Amherst Town |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstable Town | $45,230 | $46,000 | 98.4 | +22.6% |
| Boston | $44,990 | $41,600 | 108.3 | +10.8% |
| Pittsfield | $43,860 | $46,100 | 95.1 | +22.9% |
| Springfield | $40,340 | $42,000 | 96.1 | +12.0% |
| Worcester | $38,430 | $37,500 | 102.5 | −0.1% |
| Amherst Town This page | $37,600 | $37,500 | 100.2 | — |
Price parity and difference against Amherst Town are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 250 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 33-9032, Security Guards. Mapped to our taxonomy as security-guards.
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