Nashville, TN · 2025 pay · 15 people
How much does a security guard make in Nashville, TN?
$11,781typical pay for a security guard in 2025
$7,511 – $43,228what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay fell 36.7% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Metro Nashville · Matches the agency's latest release · nashville.gov ↗
Where security guards work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Highest-paid security guards, 2025
- 1Andrew H JohnsonSecurity Guard · Metro Nashville$44,471
- 2Jon E SimpsonSecurity Guard · Metro Nashville$44,404
- 3Andrew L TunstillSecurity Guard · Metro Nashville$44,049
- 4Patricia FuquaSecurity Guard · Metro Nashville$43,462
- 5Michael A ShumateSecurity Guard · Metro Nashville$42,994
Common questions
How much does a security guard make in Nashville, TN?
The typical security guard was paid $11,781 in 2025; most earned between $7,511 and $43,228. This counts all 15 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 7.4% of all pay for security guards in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Security Guard, at any level (for example "Security Guard"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this