Security guard
What you will do
- Guard [site] and keep order there
- Watch the cameras and walk the rounds
- Respond to alarms and call for help when needed
- Fill in the shift report
You must have
- A security guard qualification, or ready to gain one
- [Estonian] at B1 or above
- Ready for shifts, including nights
Good to have
- Previous work as a security guard
- A category B driving licence
- How to apply
- [your link], by [date]
- Your answer
- Everyone who applies hears back by [date]
Job title Security guard Where [town or address], on site Hours [Full or part time], shifts, including nights Pay [amount] to [amount] € a month before tax Contract [Permanent or fixed term], starting [date] What you will do • Guard [site] and keep order there • Watch the cameras and walk the rounds • Respond to alarms and call for help when needed • Fill in the shift report You must have • A security guard qualification, or ready to gain one • [Estonian] at B1 or above • Ready for shifts, including nights Good to have • Previous work as a security guard • A category B driving licence How to apply [your link], by [date] Your answer Everyone who applies hears back by [date]
How these figures are made
Estonia
- Security guards (ISCO 5414)
- average 1,441 €, median 1,338 €
Full-time equivalent gross monthly pay by workplace, all of Estonia. The median is the pay that half the people in the group earn more than and half less. Source Statistics Estonia's pay app, checked on 1 October 2026. The usual range is the middle half of people in the group, the 25th to the 75th percentile, estimated from Statistics Estonia's pay bands of 500 €.
What the job pays in other countries
It pays most in Denmark, about 4.2 times the Estonian median, though the Danish figure includes pension. If you send workers abroad or hire from there, this is the comparison that matters.
| Country | Median | Usual range | In euros a month | Occupation group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EstoniaQ2 2026 | 1,338 € | 1,035–1,792 € | 1,338 € | Security guards (5414) |
| Finland2024 | 2,858 € | not published | 2,858 € | Security guards (5414) |
| Sweden2025 | 35,000 SEK | 33,200–37,300 SEK | ≈ 3,100 € | Security guards (5413) |
| Norway2025 | 43,710 NOK | 40,630–47,920 NOK | ≈ 4,035 € | Security guards (5414) |
| Denmark2025 | 41,558 DKK | 37,325–45,768 DKK | ≈ 5,561 € | Security guards (5414) |
| Germany2025 | 3,069 € | 2,577–3,713 € | 3,069 € | Occupations in physical security, protection of valuables, and personal protection – unskilled/semiskilled tasks (53111) |
| United Kingdom2025 | 33,832 GBP a year | 27,982–39,194 GBP a year | ≈ 3,316 € | Security guards and related occupations (9231) |
Median pay for full-time work from each country's official source: Statistics Estonia, Statistics Finland, Statistics Sweden, Statistics Norway, Statistics Denmark, Federal Employment Agency, Office for National Statistics. The sources count slightly differently. Denmark's figure includes pension, Germany's holiday and Christmas pay, and the United Kingdom publishes a year's pay, divided by twelve here for the monthly comparison. Jobs are grouped by ISCO-08. Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom have their own classifications, matched to it, and "closest group" marks a group that is near, not the same. Where a country counts fewer than 2,000 people in a job's first group and more in its second, the second is used. The usual range is the middle half of people in the job, the 25th to the 75th percentile. Finland publishes only the 10th and 90th, so it has none. In euros at the European Central Bank rate of 2 October 2026, 1 € = 11.29 SEK, 1 € = 10.83 NOK, 1 € = 7.47 DKK and 1 € = 0.85 GBP. These figures describe the market, not the minimum a collective agreement sets.