Macy's does not pay the security well for being a prestigious company. They go hard catching shoplifters too. You can get hurt working in Loss Prevention for Macy's. Even if your the top Store Detective the pay is lousy. They start door guards at minimum wage around $7.50 - $8.00Hr. Store Detectives around $9.00 - $11.00Hr.
Depends on how much experience and what position in the Loss Prevention Team you are applying for. The lowest paying rank in Loss Prevention is a Security Guard followed by a store detective. The highest paying would be President/VP of Loss Prevention followed by Regional and District Loss Prevention Manager.
Just got hird by Kohls for Loss Prevention, they started me out at 10.00 a hour, salary based. this is in California.
$8.36 an hour.
not enough
A loss prevention agent can usually (in most states) use any amount of non-deadly force to prevent escape with the stolen merchandise.
6 dollars an hour
DOE $11.00-$13.00/hr in Tacoma, Wa
$9 starting Wrong (sort of) a dd's discount SPS or Loss Prevention officer makes whatever is that states min wage to start. They do not arrest or stop shopliftings they basically are there for show and nothing else
According to the German Loss Prevention for Cargo site, below, a bale with its packaging weighs 100Kg.
Retail loss prevention, or asset protection, is a job involving the investigation of individual instances or patterns of larceny or theft in the retail sector. Typical sources of retail loss include employee theft, shoplifting, vendor and reporting error, embezzlement, fraud and corporate sweethearting. As a loss prevention specialist, it is your job to investigate and apprehend criminals involved in this type of retail theft. A popular method that loss prevention specialists use to investigate retail theft is exception-based reporting which utilizes computerized point-of-entry sale records to identify patterns of loss. In your career you most likely will also utilize cameras and CCTV monitoring, electronic article surveillance and ink tags, mirrors, windows and viewing towers. The loss prevention job also includes the use of consent searches, body searches and container searches. When starting your career, you may be hired as a loss prevention officer, agent or associate. Front line security guards keeping an eye on shoppers while they are in the store is a visible part of retail loss prevention. Advancing your career in loss prevention might earn job titles like loss prevention investigator, store detective or asset protection manager. These positions might include high tech monitoring of inventory and more advanced investigations in to vendor and reporting errors, corporate theft, and credit card or check fraud. These asset protection jobs are less visible, but are none the less important in keeping control of inventory in the retail sector. Loss prevention agents work in some of the top retail stores across the country including Kohl’s, K-mart, Target, Wal-mart, Marshall’s, Best Buy, Lowe’s, Sears, J.C. Penney, Nordstrom’s, Macy’s, and many other shopping malls and retailers. Starting salary for loss prevention agents can range anywhere from $9 - $14 /hour depending on company and location. Coaches and managers in loss prevention can make between $30,000 and $45,000 a year. Regional loss prevention managers and corporate asset protection detectives can pull down salaries as much as $65,000 a year, or more. No special certification or education requirements exist to start a career in loss prevention. In order to advance in the field of retail asset protection, a high school or college degree would be beneficial along with continuing industry training and experience in the use of loss prevention techniques like the ones mentioned above.
9.50 That is NOT a cut and dry answer. It depends upon geographical location/district, education and experience. $9.50 is extremely high to start out.
Depends on the location, position and experience level of the applicant. Talk with the department manager or supervisor about what openings they have and what the starting wage is.