The annual salary statistics of security guards in Visalia-Porterville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of security guards in Visalia-Porterville 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 | $30,120 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $31,060 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $33,280 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $36,250 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $44,090 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Visalia-Porterville, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $44,090. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $33,280. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,120.
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 | $33,280 | 8.32% | 36.42% |
| 2021 | $30,510 | 2.26% | - |
| 2020 | $29,820 | 7.21% | - |
| 2019 | $27,670 | 11.20% | - |
| 2018 | $24,570 | -3.54% | - |
| 2017 | $25,440 | -5.82% | - |
| 2016 | $26,920 | 26.30% | - |
| 2015 | $19,840 | 3.02% | - |
| 2014 | $19,240 | 0.94% | - |
| 2013 | $19,060 | -11.02% | - |
| 2012 | $21,160 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $33,280 in Visalia-Porterville is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Visalia-Porterville is 21.4 percent (21.4%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 31.6 percent (31.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.