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Overview

DFW Armed Security: Corporate Campuses, Critical Infrastructure, and a Growing Overnight Market

The Dallas–Fort Worth metro's armed security market is driven by the highest concentration of Fortune 500 corporate headquarters in the southern US, DFW Airport requiring armed perimeter security, and a growing critical infrastructure sector spanning data centers, power utilities, and industrial facilities across the I-20 and I-35 corridors. Level 3 licensed officers with a clean background and their own duty weapon have consistent placement opportunities across all three segments.

Allied Universal, GardaWorld, and Sunstates collectively cover the majority of DFW's contracted armed accounts. GardaWorld's Thursday walk-in hires armed officers on the spot at $21/hr with DailyPay. Sunstates posts armed positions at $23/hr+ with weekly pay. The premium tier — critical infrastructure, federal-adjacent, executive protection — runs $25–$28/hr for experienced Level 3 officers with prior military or law enforcement backgrounds.

Overview & Duties
Role Overview

What Armed Security Officers Do in DFW

Corporate campus armed security in DFW means professional armed presence at a Fortune 500 office environment — access control at multi-building campuses, armed patrol of parking structures and perimeter areas, and the composure to de-escalate incidents in an environment where professional resolution is the priority. Las Colinas, Legacy Business Park, Uptown Dallas, and Fort Worth's downtown core all generate corporate armed security demand at $22–$25/hr.

Industrial and overnight armed patrol covers the manufacturing, distribution, and logistics facilities along DFW's major corridors. Officers conduct vehicle and pedestrian access control, armed perimeter patrol, and incident documentation through 8–12 hour overnight shifts. The industrial armed market in DFW is consistently undersupplied for Level 3 officers with overnight availability.

Duties

Common Duties & Responsibilities

  • Corporate campus armed patrol — Fortune 500 headquarters in Las Colinas, Legacy, Uptown Dallas, downtown Fort Worth
  • Allied Universal armed patrol DFW — continuous hiring, Level 3 required, corporate and industrial accounts
  • GardaWorld armed DFW — walk-in Thursdays $21/hr DailyPay, on-the-spot hiring
  • Sunstates armed DFW — $23/hr+ weekly pay, full benefits including 401k and medical
  • Critical infrastructure armed — DFW Airport perimeter, utility facilities, data centers
  • Healthcare armed — Baylor, UT Southwestern, Medical City emergency department security
  • Level 4 executive protection — corporate and high-net-worth clients in Dallas proper
Compensation

What Armed Security Pays in DFW

GardaWorld walk-in $21/hr DailyPay. Sunstates armed $23/hr+ weekly. Critical infrastructure and federal $25–$28/hr. Overnight armed premium $1–$3/hr above day shift.

Entry Level
$18–21/hr
~$37k–44k/yr
Experienced
$21–25/hr
~$44k–52k/yr
Senior / Critical Infra
$25–28/hr
~$52k–58k/yr
Requirements & Schedules
Requirements

What You Need

  • Valid Texas Level 3 Commissioned Security Officer license — minimum age 21, 45-hour in-person course, MMPI evaluation, DPS range qualification
  • Own firearm and duty gear — required at most DFW armed positions
  • Clean background — no felonies, no Class A/B misdemeanors
  • Level 4 PPO license for executive protection accounts
  • Prior military or LE experience preferred for critical infrastructure and federal-adjacent roles
Schedules

Typical Schedules

  • All shifts including overnight — overnight armed is highest demand and best-paying in DFW
  • GardaWorld: walk-in Thursdays — hire for all shifts including armed overnight
  • Sunstates: all shifts all days at $23/hr+ weekly pay
  • Industrial overnight: 10–12 hour shifts, Thursday–Sunday highest demand
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