The annual salary statistics of security guards in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of security guards in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 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 | $21,510 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $23,350 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $26,960 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $33,290 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $52,820 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $52,820. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $26,960. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $21,510.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of security guards from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $26,960 | 6.79% | 14.13% |
| 2016 | $25,130 | 5.57% | - |
| 2015 | $23,730 | 0.55% | - |
| 2014 | $23,600 | -0.55% | - |
| 2013 | $23,730 | 2.44% | - |
| 2012 | $23,150 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $26,960 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 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-Glendale is 36.3 percent (36.3%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 15.6 percent (15.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.