The annual salary statistics of security guards in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida is shown in Table 1. The wage information of security guards in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville 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 | $22,850 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $27,230 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $28,680 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $41,860 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $62,620 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $62,620. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $28,680. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,850.
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 | $28,680 | -0.80% | 9.76% |
| 2021 | $28,910 | -48.70% | - |
| 2020 | $42,990 | 29.31% | - |
| 2019 | $30,390 | 21.16% | - |
| 2017 | $23,960 | -0.33% | - |
| 2016 | $24,040 | 7.74% | - |
| 2015 | $22,180 | 6.36% | - |
| 2014 | $20,770 | -4.53% | - |
| 2013 | $21,710 | -19.21% | - |
| 2012 | $25,880 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $28,680 in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of Florida. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville is 15.2 percent (15.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Naples-Marco Island and 22.9 percent (22.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall.