The 2018 SSI Wage & Salary Study reveals detailed salary information for 13 key positions with regional security dealers/integrators, national companies and across Canada.
For the first time ever, security contractors will be able to gauge the annual salaries and hourly wages they pay compared to their peers for:
Management (annual salary)
- Executive/General Management
- Project Manager
- IT-Centric Field Specialists
- In-House Network / IT Manager
- Systems Designer / Programmer
- Administrative/Back-Office Personnel
Installation Staff (Hourly)
- Installation Tech (less than 2 years)
- Install Tech (2+ years)
- Service Tech (less than 2 years)
- Service Tech (2+ years)
Sales Staff (Salaried)
- Sales Manager
- Entry-Level Sales (less than 2 years)
- Experienced Sales (2+ years)
Among the study’s key findings are:
- National alarm companies pay higher wages across the board than regional companies
- A majority of alarm dealers pay employee bonuses of some type
- Contractors are very optimistic about security business for the coming year
- The average commission paid to a salesperson for a new customer is nearly identical to that paid for monitoring contract renewals
- Annual bonuses are the most common type of bonus paid
- Integrators worry more about losing a quality employee to a manufacturer or distributor than losing them to a competitor or another trade
- The majority of security companies offer an array of benefits to full-time employees, led by paid vacation
- Commercial-oriented firms pay 10% more on average
The study was conducted in February 2018 with 217 responses. The term security contractor applies to the collective of dealers and integrators.