Which pays more, Receptionist or Security Officer?

The median advertised salary for each is in the table above, along with the 25th and 75th percentiles so you can see the spread rather than one number.

Which has more openings?

Both counts are live and computed at the same moment, so the comparison is like for like.

Postings are read from company career systems continuously; the age row shows how old the listings themselves are.

Side by side

Receptionist vs Security Officer

Security Officer pays more: a median of $90,500 against $79,500. Demand is comparable on both sides. Listings for Receptionist move faster — median age 32 days against 48.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Receptionist	Security Officer	Gap
Open postings	18,327	22,900	-4,573
Posted this week	1,608	1,819
Median salary	$79,500	$90,500	$-11k
25th percentile	$63k	$71.5k
75th percentile	$98.5k	$112k
Salary disclosed	8.5%	3.6%
Remote share	12.6%	8.8%	+3.8pp
Median age of posting	32d	48d
Open over 60 days	40.6%	37.5%
Visa sponsorship	14.4%	13.3%

Pay

Pay distribution

Receptionist

$36k$138k

Security Officer

$41k$157k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Receptionist

just posted32d median90d+

Security Officer

just posted48d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Receptionist — technologies

Terraform

72.0%

Java

65.8%

Figma

59.6%

AWS

53.4%

JavaScript

47.2%

Python

41.0%

Spark

34.8%

Security Officer — technologies

Azure

72.0%

PostgreSQL

65.8%

Python

59.6%

Terraform

53.4%

Spark

47.2%

GCP

41.0%

SQL

34.8%

Receptionist — employers

Quarry Analytics

9.4%

Solstice Biotech

8.7%

Vantage Logistics

8.0%

Brightline Retail

7.2%

Ironbark Manufacturing

6.5%

Halcyon Energy

5.8%

Cobalt Financial

5.1%

Security Officer — employers

Cobalt Financial

9.4%

Northwind Systems

8.7%

Solstice Biotech

8.0%

Halcyon Energy

7.2%

Fairmount Legal

6.5%

Pinewood Education

5.8%

Aperture Labs

5.1%

More comparisons

Other Operations & Admin comparisons

Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.