The annual salary statistics of security guards in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of security guards in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 | $31,160 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $33,520 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $35,870 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $38,640 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $45,520 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $45,520. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $35,870. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,160.
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 | $35,870 | 2.04% | 29.83% |
| 2021 | $35,140 | 10.47% | - |
| 2020 | $31,460 | 4.61% | - |
| 2019 | $30,010 | 1.77% | - |
| 2018 | $29,480 | 8.89% | - |
| 2017 | $26,860 | 6.29% | - |
| 2016 | $25,170 | 6.20% | - |
| 2015 | $23,610 | -6.61% | - |
| 2012 | $25,170 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $35,870 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 15.3 percent (15.3%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 36.5 percent (36.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.