The annual salary statistics of security guards in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of security guards in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura 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 | $30,510 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $31,480 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $34,240 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $38,830 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $46,440 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $46,440. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $34,240. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,510.
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 | $34,240 | 8.56% | 32.62% |
| 2021 | $31,310 | 2.46% | - |
| 2020 | $30,540 | 4.03% | - |
| 2019 | $29,310 | 4.84% | - |
| 2018 | $27,890 | 3.23% | - |
| 2017 | $26,990 | 8.52% | - |
| 2016 | $24,690 | -4.62% | - |
| 2015 | $25,830 | 1.47% | - |
| 2014 | $25,450 | 7.94% | - |
| 2013 | $23,430 | 1.54% | - |
| 2012 | $23,070 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $34,240 in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura is 19.1 percent (19.1%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 33.5 percent (33.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.