The annual salary statistics of security guards in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of security guards in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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 | $24,630 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $27,350 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $32,230 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $38,120 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $50,160 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $50,160. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $32,230. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,630.
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 | $32,230 | -1.43% | 6.21% |
| 2016 | $32,690 | 1.07% | - |
| 2015 | $32,340 | 1.79% | - |
| 2014 | $31,760 | 5.54% | - |
| 2013 | $30,000 | -0.77% | - |
| 2012 | $30,230 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $32,230 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 23.9 percent (23.9%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 29.4 percent (29.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.