Benchmark category
Security Guard Services
- Category slug
- security-guard-services
- Taxonomy version
- 2026.08.1
- Snapshot
- 80c8bf116d005cfb
- Computed
- Oct 22, 2026
Awards recorded through Oct 22, 2026
Snapshot computed Oct 22, 2026
Withheld: 2,690 awards in the last twelve months against 311 the year before is a gap in source coverage, not a market change
Box: 25th to 75th percentile. Line: median. Whiskers: 10th to 90th percentile. The lowest and highest tenth of awards lie beyond the whiskers and are not drawn.
What the distribution shows
Half of the 3,794 comparable security guard services awards were worth less than $32,817, and half were worth more.
The middle half ran from $10,983 to $728,783. The 75th percentile is 66.4 times the 25th, a wide spread, so the scope of a particular requirement matters more than the category label.
The mean is $1,075,655, 32.8 times the median. A minority of large awards pulls the average up, which is why the median is the headline figure.
578 contractors won these awards from 28 awarding agencies.
Each figure is the total current value of an award, including modifications to date. It is not an hourly rate, a unit price, or an annual cost.
Over time
The median award value for each federal fiscal year, from the published price index.
| Period | Value | Awards | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 100.0 | 10 | incomplete coverage, thin sample |
| FY2020 | 63.2 | 40 | incomplete coverage |
| FY2021 | 66.7 | 87 | incomplete coverage |
| FY2022 | 54.5 | 89 | incomplete coverage |
| FY2023 | 70.6 | 162 | incomplete coverage |
| FY2024 | 65.2 | 147 | incomplete coverage |
| FY2025 | 63.3 | 315 | incomplete coverage |
| FY2026 | 0.3 | 2686 | |
| FY2027 | 0.3 | 10 | partial year, thin sample |
Full series, vintages, and revisions for the BidBenchmark Security Guard Services Price Index
Measures
Three distinct measures, deliberately not collapsed into one price.
| Measure | p25 | Median | p75 | Awards | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current award value | $10,983 | $32,817 | $728,783 | 3,794 | Distribution of current award value across comparable awards |
| Potential value with options | $12,583 | $47,335 | $1,297,294 | 4,064 | Distribution of potential award value including option periods |
| Obligated to date | $10,500 | $41,157 | $1,368,954 | 3,486 | Distribution of total obligations to date |
By place of performance
Only slices that independently clear the sample threshold are published.
| State | p25 | Median | p75 | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | $5,086 | $14,400 | $27,000 | 1,943 |
| California | $216,320 | $1,883,126 | $10,690,363 | 157 |
| Tennessee | $94,573 | $2,010,022 | $4,681,909 | 148 |
| Texas | $390,774 | $1,929,030 | $5,642,326 | 147 |
| Virginia | $34,815 | $886,812 | $5,635,341 | 129 |
| New York | $22,500 | $275,833 | $5,487,550 | 110 |
| Florida | $55,000 | $2,479,521 | $9,259,807 | 73 |
| Maryland | $1,730,716 | $5,147,896 | $8,729,055 | 63 |
| Georgia | $134,292 | $2,152,740 | $6,490,326 | 47 |
| Oregon | $56,397 | $142,044 | $653,586 | 45 |
| Mississippi | $28,207 | $114,224 | $793,549 | 40 |
| New Mexico | $33,751 | $352,187 | $2,264,987 | 40 |
| North Carolina | $20,000 | $612,008 | $5,210,929 | 37 |
| Alaska | $443,418 | $2,698,698 | $7,803,190 | 33 |
| Louisiana | $1,822,780 | $2,602,179 | $4,565,456 | 33 |
| Washington | $93,600 | $632,911 | $2,048,211 | 33 |
| New Jersey | $250,000 | $3,705,149 | $12,615,869 | 32 |
| Pennsylvania | $87,004 | $4,202,132 | $8,790,273 | 32 |
| Massachusetts | $207,958 | $506,697 | $2,870,173 | 31 |
| Kentucky | $35,364 | $83,198 | $1,133,884 | 30 |
| Hawaii | $81,664 | $975,331 | $2,400,665 | 29 |
| Arkansas | $14,790 | $69,466 | $2,498,744 | 27 |
| Arizona | $297,349 | $1,944,199 | $7,073,730 | 27 |
| Michigan | $2,926,221 | $4,931,198 | $8,339,395 | 26 |
| Alabama | $793,936 | $2,341,905 | $4,599,923 | 24 |
By awarding agency
Agencies with enough awards in this category to publish their own figure.
| Agency | p25 | Median | p75 | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Justice | $5,603 | $15,880 | $27,153 | 2,117 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $1,150,832 | $3,931,161 | $9,759,460 | 762 |
| Department of State | $652,376 | $6,212,758 | $12,568,424 | 255 |
| Department of Defense | $33,004 | $73,229 | $216,320 | 201 |
| Department of the Interior | $43,413 | $99,103 | $297,181 | 123 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $210,361 | $620,980 | $1,423,615 | 106 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $50,506 | $843,028 | $4,803,563 | 58 |
| Department of Agriculture | $130,962 | $287,741 | $556,509 | 49 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $465,964 | $5,557,663 | $16,427,254 | 30 |
| General Services Administration | $23,793 | $104,482 | $339,092 | 28 |
| Department of Commerce | $717,932 | $1,392,609 | $5,438,775 | 24 |
| National Archives and Records Administration | $2,922,992 | $3,939,013 | $5,386,427 | 19 |
| Department of the Treasury | $96,388 | $729,032 | $1,892,644 | 11 |
| Department of Transportation | $1,986,901 | $3,106,871 | $4,255,666 | 11 |
| Department of Energy | $3,752,717 | $9,976,751 | $18,955,292 | 10 |
Typical awards in the sample
Counted awards closest to the median, under the same rules and outlier fence as the published figure.
| Award | Contractor | Agency | Place | First action | Current value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15M10224PA47S1346 EO14042 DSO GUARD SUPPORT FY2025 D80 | DOMESTIC AWARDEES (UNDISCLOSED) | Department of Justice | DC | Mar 28, 2026 | $32,750 |
| 15M10224PA47S1782 FY2025 DISTRICT GUARD SUPPORT SERVICES - JPATS | DOMESTIC AWARDEES (UNDISCLOSED) | Department of Justice | DC | Apr 23, 2026 | $32,885 |
| W912P524P0029 LAKE CUMBERLAND LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES - WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT, WAYNE COUNTY, KY. EXERCISE OPTION YEAR TWO. | WAYNE CO FISCAL COURT | Department of Defense | KY | Apr 9, 2026 | $32,890 |
| 70RFP424FRE700052 ARMED PROTECTIVE SECURITY OFFICER (PSO) SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE NEW MEXICO (TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL SERVICES (TAS). | DIVERSIFIED PROTECTION CORP | Department of Homeland Security | NM | Jun 17, 2026 | $32,709 |
| W912P525PA021 OPTION YEAR 1-FY26 JACKSON COUNTY LEC | COUNTY OF JACKSON | Department of Defense | TN | Mar 9, 2026 | $32,704 |
| 15M10224PA47S1769 FY2025 DISTRICT GUARD SUPPORT SERVICES - JPATS | DOMESTIC AWARDEES (UNDISCLOSED) | Department of Justice | DC | Apr 23, 2026 | $32,665 |
| 15M10225PA47S0068 KC ASO EDRINKA 12/29/2024-9/30/2025 ASO GUARD SERVICES, ERICA L. DRINKARD 29358 PALMER DR., PAOLA, KS 66071 PHONE: 913-548-9699 EMAIL: EDRINKARD@HOTMAIL.COM VENDOR CODE: DRINKA3934 | DOMESTIC AWARDEES (UNDISCLOSED) | Department of Justice | DC | Apr 23, 2026 | $32,660 |
| 15M10226PA47S0131 MISSION-CRITICAL: TRANSPORTING AND PRODUCING PRISONERS FOR COURT PROCEEDINGS. FY26 DSO BASE YEAR | DOMESTIC AWARDEES (UNDISCLOSED) | Department of Justice | DC | Apr 27, 2026 | $32,640 |
| 15M10226PA47S0920 MISSION - FY2027 DISTRICT GUARD SUPPORT SERVICES - D83 - MISSION CRITICAL: TRANSPORTING AND PRODUCING PRISONERS FOR COURT PROCEEDINGS. | DOMESTIC AWARDEES (UNDISCLOSED) | Department of Justice | DC | Aug 17, 2026 | $33,000 |
| W912PP25V0008 COCHITI LAKE LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES- EXERCISE OPTION YEAR 1 | COUNTY OF SANDOVAL | Department of Defense | NM | Apr 17, 2026 | $33,004 |
Left out of this benchmark
Awards classified into this category that the published figure does not count, with the rule that removed each. The largest examples of each reason are shown.
| Award | Agency | First action | Current value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite delivery vehicle: a ceiling, not an award value49 awards, 5 shown | |||
| 140P4521D0002 FIVE YEAR IDIQ FOR GUARD SERVICES AT MASI | Department of the Interior | Sep 21, 2021 | — |
| 15BFA022A00000016 UNARMED GUARD SERVICES FOR THE INMATE POPULATION AT FCC COLEMAN | Department of Justice | Sep 7, 2022 | — |
| 15BGCS26A41000001 UNARMED GUARD SERVICES FOR FCI OXFORD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF WORK | Department of Justice | Aug 21, 2026 | — |
| 19AQMM21D0010 WORLDWIDE PROTECTIVE SERVICES (WPS) III MULTIPLE AWARD IDIQ PROFESSIONAL SECURITY SERVICES CONTRACT | Department of State | Dec 11, 2020 | — |
| 19AQMM21D0011 PROFESSIONAL SECURITY SERVICES CONTRACT WORLDWIDE PROTECTIVE SERVICES (WPS) III MULTIPLE AWARD IDIQ | Department of State | Dec 11, 2020 | — |
| No positive award value on record650 awards, 5 shown | |||
| 0160 200512!002245!2100!W52P1J!U.S. ARMY INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS !DAAA0999G0006 !A!N! !N!0160 ! !20050926!20051231!008057440!008057440!007913486!N!THE DAY & ZIMMERMANN GROUP INC!HIGHWAY 82 W !TEXARKANA !TX!75505!43720!037!48!LONE STAR ARMY AMMUN!BOWIE !TEXAS !+000000101547!N!N!000000000000!S206!GUARD SERVICES !S1 !SERVICES !000 !* !332993!E! !4! ! ! ! ! !20200930!B! ! !N!Z!D!N!J!1!001!N!1G!C!N!Z! ! !N!C!N! ! ! !A!A!A!A!000!A!B!Y! ! ! ! ! ! !0001! ! | Department of Defense | Sep 26, 2005 | $0 |
| 140P8326F0001 FOVA UNARMED NIGHT SECURITY | Department of the Interior | Mar 24, 2026 | $0 |
| 140R4025P0052 THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO TERMINATE FOR CAUSE PURSUANT TO THE CLAUSE 52.212-4 DUE TO NON-PERFORMANCE. | Department of the Interior | Jun 12, 2026 | $0 |
| 15JPSS26F00000554 DOJ JMD SEPS GUARD SERVICES | Department of Justice | May 15, 2026 | $0 |
| 15M10224PA47S0313 EO14042 DSO GUARD SUPPORT FY2025 D03 | Department of Justice | May 31, 2026 | $0 |
| Above the outlier fence of $9,888,115449 awards, 5 shown | |||
| 19AQMM26C0878 LOCAL GUARD SERVICES US MISSION SANTIAGO CHILE. THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE HAS A REQUIREMENT FOR A QUALIFIED CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE LOCAL GUARD SERVICES AT THE U.S.VEMBASSY SANTIAGO. | Department of State | Sep 30, 2026 | $5,460,758,514 |
| 70T05021F5900N002 TASK ORDER TO SUPPORT SECURITY SCREENING SERVICES AT SFO AIRPORT. | Department of Homeland Security | Feb 5, 2021 | $789,929,163 |
| 70CDCR26C00000016 THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE DETENTION, TRANSPORTATION AND MEDICAL SERVICES AT THE CAMP EAST MONTANA TEMPORARY DETENTION CENTER IN EL PASO, TX. | Department of Homeland Security | Mar 12, 2026 | $657,555,435 |
| 19AQMM21C0066 GUARD SERVICES FOR DOS PHYSICAL FACILITIES CONUS AND OCONUS. | Department of State | May 27, 2021 | $655,074,362 |
| 19AQMM22F0469 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WORLDWIDE PROTECTIVE SERVICES III. TASK ORDER - 04 BAGHDAD MOVEMENT PROTECTIVE SERVICES BUREAU OF DIPLOMATIC SECURITY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE AWARD | Department of State | Feb 16, 2022 | $619,788,264 |
Questions about this benchmark
- How much is a typical federal security guard services award?
- The median current award value is $32,817, across 3,794 comparable awards in the snapshot computed Oct 22, 2026. Half of the awards in the sample were worth less.
- How much do security guard services award values vary?
- The middle half of awards ran from $10,983 to $728,783. One in ten was below $3,337, and one in ten above $4,438,352.
- How has the security guard services median changed over the past year?
- No change is published. Oct 22, 2025 to Oct 21, 2026 holds 2,690 awards against 311 for Oct 22, 2024 to Oct 21, 2025; a gap that wide reflects how completely the source records are loaded, not a change in the market.
- Who buys the most security guard services services in the federal government?
- Among agencies with enough awards to publish their own figure, Department of Justice has the most: 2,117 awards with a median of $15,880.
- Which states see the most security guard services awards?
- By place of performance, the states with the most published awards are District of Columbia (1,943), California (157), and Tennessee (148).
- Which awards are left out of this benchmark?
- As the records stand now, the benchmark leaves out 49 indefinite delivery vehicles, 650 awards with no positive value, and 449 awards above the outlier fence.
- Is this a price per hour or per unit?
- No. Federal award records report the total value of each award, not hours, square feet, or units delivered. Two awards with the same value can buy very different quantities of work.
Related records
Derived from awards these records share, ordered by how many.
Industry codes in this category
- 561612 — Security Guards and Patrol Services4,766
- 561621 — Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths)38
- 922120 — Police Protection38
- 922140 — Correctional Institutions33
- 561210 — Facilities Support Services25
- 561613 — Armored Car Services8
- 541611 — Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services4
- 541614 — Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services4
Product and service codes
- S206 — HOUSEKEEPING- GUARD4,398
- R430 — SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: PHYSICAL SECURITY AND BADGING258
- R499 — SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: OTHER93
- Y1AA — CONSTRUCTION OF OFFICE BUILDINGS51
- R699 — SUPPORT- ADMINISTRATIVE: OTHER27
- V999 — TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- OTHER: OTHER13
- Y1JZ — CONSTRUCTION OF MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS9
- B546 — SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- SECURITY (PHYSICAL/PERSONAL)8
Buying agencies
Places of performance
- District of Columbia2,366
- California168
- Texas166
- Tennessee158
- Virginia140
- New York117
- Florida85
- Maryland67
Further reading
- BidBenchmark Security Guard Services Price Indexhow the median moves over time
- Guides to reading award data
- How benchmarks are computed
Related categories
Sources and method
Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.
Distribution of current award value across comparable awards. Indefinite delivery vehicles are excluded because their ceiling values are not comparable to individual awards. Values beyond 3 times the interquartile range outside the first and third quartiles are excluded, as are values of zero or less. A cohort is published only when at least 10 comparable awards remain after exclusions. Awards whose category classification is below the confidence threshold are excluded from these statistics.
- 1Computed from USAspending.gov, last refreshed Oct 21, 2026. Award records are United States Government works.
- 2Distribution of current award value across 3,794 awards classified into this category, as of Oct 22, 2026. Snapshot 80c8bf116d00, code aacf4584192a85d5.
- Source data refreshed
- 18 days ago
- Metric definition
- current_award_value@2026.08.1
- Definition hash
- 47e351283780691d
- Page evaluation
- seo@2026.10.1
Note 1 applies to every figure on this page. These are award values, not unit prices: federal award records report obligations and award values, not dollars per square foot or per hour.