The annual salary statistics of security guards in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of security guards in Santa Rosa-Petaluma 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 | $33,510 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $35,740 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $36,120 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $42,830 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $47,850 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $47,850. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,120. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $33,510.
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 | $36,120 | -1.30% | 33.47% |
| 2021 | $36,590 | 10.30% | - |
| 2020 | $32,820 | 4.88% | - |
| 2019 | $31,220 | 2.27% | - |
| 2018 | $30,510 | 0.29% | - |
| 2017 | $30,420 | -4.01% | - |
| 2016 | $31,640 | 5.75% | - |
| 2015 | $29,820 | -0.94% | - |
| 2014 | $30,100 | 7.28% | - |
| 2013 | $27,910 | 13.90% | - |
| 2012 | $24,030 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $36,120 in Santa Rosa-Petaluma is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Santa Rosa-Petaluma is 14.7 percent (14.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 37.0 percent (37.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.