The annual salary statistics of security guards in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of security guards in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 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 | $31,200 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $33,790 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $35,590 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $39,500 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $46,070 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $46,070. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $35,590. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,200.
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 | $35,590 | 1.97% | 32.31% |
| 2021 | $34,890 | 10.12% | - |
| 2020 | $31,360 | 4.91% | - |
| 2019 | $29,820 | 2.52% | - |
| 2018 | $29,070 | 4.71% | - |
| 2017 | $27,700 | 7.98% | - |
| 2016 | $25,490 | 3.69% | - |
| 2015 | $24,550 | 3.42% | - |
| 2014 | $23,710 | -1.18% | - |
| 2013 | $23,990 | -0.42% | - |
| 2012 | $24,090 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $35,590 in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is 15.9 percent (15.9%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 36.0 percent (36.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.