The annual salary statistics of security guards in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of security guards in Santa Cruz-Watsonville 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 | $31,400 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $34,040 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $36,240 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $43,050 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $49,340 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $49,340. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,240. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,400.
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 | $36,240 | 17.55% | 24.12% |
| 2019 | $29,880 | 4.99% | - |
| 2018 | $28,390 | -2.04% | - |
| 2017 | $28,970 | 5.14% | - |
| 2016 | $27,480 | 5.93% | - |
| 2015 | $25,850 | -5.92% | - |
| 2014 | $27,380 | 2.56% | - |
| 2013 | $26,680 | -3.07% | - |
| 2012 | $27,500 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $36,240 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Santa Cruz-Watsonville 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.