The annual salary statistics of security guards in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida is shown in Table 1. The wage data of security guards in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach 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 | $19,380 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $21,230 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $24,170 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $28,900 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $38,880 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $38,880. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $24,170. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $19,380.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of security guards from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $24,170 | 7.61% | 20.36% |
| 2016 | $22,330 | 4.08% | - |
| 2015 | $21,420 | 4.48% | - |
| 2014 | $20,460 | 4.25% | - |
| 2013 | $19,590 | 1.74% | - |
| 2012 | $19,250 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $24,170 in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of Florida. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach is 28.5 percent (28.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Naples-Marco Island and 8.5 percent (8.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall.