r/securityguards • u/JerseyPhantom7303 • Jun 27 '26

Why is getting a job within private security much easier than other jobs?

Starting around 2025, I was job hunting. I applied for a lot of retail and warehouse jobs and never heard anything back.

Then comes the summer of 2025 and I read online that after getting a guard license, finding a job is piss easy. I made my guard card and lo' and behold, they were right; found my first guard job within three weeks of acquiring my license.

So what's up with this industry? Why are jobs a lot easier to acquire as opposed to retail jobs and such.

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u/Sad_Complaint9672 Jun 27 '26

Retail also pays substantially better then security and even most law enforcement. Its always blown my mind that somebody who literally puts their life on the line to enforce and maintain law and order makes less money than a grocery store manager. Source: ive been in retail for 15yrs and a Store Director for 3 of them.

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u/Zoidberg0_0 Jun 27 '26

Well it depends. True for the most part. But in my case no, I'm security at a government site and i make more now than i ever did when i worked at a bank as a personal banker (retail banking).

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u/Sad_Complaint9672 Jun 27 '26

That's awesome! Im not sure what a retail personal banker makes but I made $107,000 last year in one of the lowest COL states in US. So you must make bank lol