The annual salary statistics of security guards in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama is shown in Table 1. The wage data of security guards in Florence-Muscle Shoals is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $17,520 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $22,050 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $24,700 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $27,490 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $30,310 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $30,310. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $24,700. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $17,520.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of security guards from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $24,700 | 9.96% | 16.52% |
| 2021 | $22,240 | 5.85% | - |
| 2020 | $20,940 | 4.06% | - |
| 2019 | $20,090 | 7.17% | - |
| 2018 | $18,650 | -9.87% | - |
| 2016 | $20,490 | 7.86% | - |
| 2015 | $18,880 | -0.26% | - |
| 2014 | $18,930 | -1.27% | - |
| 2013 | $19,170 | -7.56% | - |
| 2012 | $20,620 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $24,700 in Florence-Muscle Shoals is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of Alabama. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Florence-Muscle Shoals is 14.7 percent (14.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Huntsville and 22.3 percent (22.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Dothan.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Huntsville | |
| Tuscaloosa | |
| Decatur | |
| Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Anniston-Oxford | |
| Auburn-Opelika | |
| Birmingham-Hoover | |
| Gadsden | |
| Montgomery | |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals | |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley | |
| Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Mobile | |
| Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Dothan |