The annual salary statistics of security guards in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of security guards in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 | $37,760 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $39,090 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $42,330 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $45,130 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $54,030 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $54,030. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $42,330. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,760.
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 | $42,330 | 8.88% | 26.84% |
| 2021 | $38,570 | -1.58% | - |
| 2020 | $39,180 | 8.24% | - |
| 2019 | $35,950 | 2.42% | - |
| 2018 | $35,080 | 5.36% | - |
| 2017 | $33,200 | 5.72% | - |
| 2016 | $31,300 | 7.67% | - |
| 2015 | $28,900 | 4.43% | - |
| 2014 | $27,620 | -5.87% | - |
| 2013 | $29,240 | -5.92% | - |
| 2012 | $30,970 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $42,330, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the highest paying city for security guards in state of California, followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary $40,350). In comparison, the median annual salary of security guards in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 4.7 percent (4.7%) higher than that in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont.