The annual salary statistics of security guards in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of security guards in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 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 | $36,920 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $38,300 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $40,350 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $45,510 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $53,080 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $53,080. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $40,350. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,920.
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 | $40,350 | 2.92% | 25.55% |
| 2021 | $39,170 | -2.55% | - |
| 2020 | $40,170 | 7.69% | - |
| 2019 | $37,080 | 6.53% | - |
| 2018 | $34,660 | 9.17% | - |
| 2017 | $31,480 | 0.54% | - |
| 2016 | $31,310 | 3.64% | - |
| 2015 | $30,170 | -1.36% | - |
| 2014 | $30,580 | 3.86% | - |
| 2013 | $29,400 | -2.18% | - |
| 2012 | $30,040 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $40,350, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is the second highest paying city for security guards in state of California, following the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $42,330). Compared with San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the median annual salary of security guards in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 4.7 percent (4.7%) lower.