The annual salary statistics of security guards in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of security guards in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles 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 | $30,980 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $32,860 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $36,220 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $51,060 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $104,190 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $104,190. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,220. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,980.
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 | $36,220 | -9.80% | 35.45% |
| 2021 | $39,770 | -41.94% | - |
| 2020 | $56,450 | 35.27% | - |
| 2019 | $36,540 | 0.85% | - |
| 2018 | $36,230 | 3.59% | - |
| 2017 | $34,930 | 8.13% | - |
| 2016 | $32,090 | 25.37% | - |
| 2015 | $23,950 | -8.94% | - |
| 2014 | $26,090 | -6.21% | - |
| 2013 | $27,710 | 15.63% | - |
| 2012 | $23,380 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $36,220 in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles is 14.4 percent (14.4%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 37.2 percent (37.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.