The annual salary statistics of security guards in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois is shown in Table 1. The wage data of security guards in Champaign-Urbana 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 | $25,120 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $25,120 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $31,110 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $37,710 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $46,130 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $46,130. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $31,110. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $25,120.
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 | $31,110 | -1.70% | 16.78% |
| 2021 | $31,640 | 3.41% | - |
| 2020 | $30,560 | -12.07% | - |
| 2019 | $34,250 | -0.73% | - |
| 2018 | $34,500 | 9.80% | - |
| 2017 | $31,120 | 4.63% | - |
| 2016 | $29,680 | 23.15% | - |
| 2015 | $22,810 | 14.25% | - |
| 2014 | $19,560 | 3.53% | - |
| 2013 | $18,870 | -37.20% | - |
| 2012 | $25,890 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $31,110 in Champaign-Urbana is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of Illinois. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Champaign-Urbana is 14.9 percent (14.9%) lower than that in the highest paying East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area and 27.7 percent (27.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Bloomington-Normal.