Security Managers

Wages

BLS doesn't publish wages for Security Managers separately. These are the figures for Facilities Managers (11-3013), its parent occupation.

Similar occupations

Similarity is our measure: the cosine of importance x level over all 120 O*NET skills, knowledge areas and abilities. It is not an O*NET finding. More.

Circles are the 20 most similar occupations, coloured by Job Zone. Lines join pairs where one is among the other's 10 most similar; darker lines are pairs O*NET also lists as related. Drag a circle to move it out of the way; select one to open it.

One skill away

Among the 50 occupations most similar to Security Managers, those at the same Job Zone or lower, where exactly one skill rated at least 3 in importance needs a level more than 0.75 points higher (on O*NET's 0-7 level scale). Our definition. Change the thresholds.

Software to learn next

Software used by at least 3 of the 20 occupations most similar to Security Managers, excluding software Security Managers already lists and any you named. Ranked by how many of them use it, weighted by how much more common it is among them than across all occupations (lift). Our ranking.

Skills

From O*NET data. Importance is rated 1 to 5 and level 0 to 7.

Software used

Examples from O*NET data. "Hot" and "in demand" are O*NET flags for technologies often listed in job postings.

• Microsoft Excel in demand
• Microsoft Office software in demand
• Microsoft Outlook in demand
• Microsoft PowerPoint in demand
• SAP software in demand
• Amazon Web Services AWS software hot
• Facebook hot
• Microsoft Access hot
• Microsoft Azure software hot
• Microsoft Project hot
• Microsoft Visio hot
• Microsoft Word hot
• Oracle PeopleSoft hot
• Alarm system software
• Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
• Emergency notification system software
• FieldSoft AIMSonScene
• Firewall software
• Graphics software
• Human resources management system HRMS
• Incident command system ICS software
• Inventory tracking software
• Maintenance management software
• Mapping software
• McAfee
• NortonLifeLock cybersecurity software
• Payroll software
• Physical access management software
• Platform as a service PaaS
• Twitter

Where it concentrates

BLS doesn't publish wages for Security Managers separately. These are the figures for Facilities Managers (11-3013), its parent occupation.

Metro areas ranked by BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of the area's jobs divided by its share of all US jobs. Above 1 means more concentrated than the nation. Metros employing fewer than 100 are left out.

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Related occupations in O*NET data

O*NET's own list, in its order. Unlike similarity above, this is published by O*NET.

1. Security Management Specialists Primary-Short
2. First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers Primary-Short
3. Compliance Managers Primary-Short
4. Security Guards Primary-Short
5. Emergency Management Directors Primary-Short
6. Management Analysts Primary-Long
7. Business Continuity Planners Primary-Long
8. Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Primary-Long
9. Facilities Managers Primary-Long
10. Occupational Health and Safety Specialists Primary-Long
11. Penetration Testers Supplemental
12. Information Security Engineers Supplemental
13. Information Security Analysts Supplemental
14. Retail Loss Prevention Specialists Supplemental
15. Digital Forensics Analysts Supplemental
16. Loss Prevention Managers Supplemental
17. Intelligence Analysts Supplemental
18. Administrative Services Managers Supplemental
19. Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators Supplemental
20. Computer and Information Systems Managers Supplemental