The annual salary statistics of security guards in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of security guards in Louisville-Jefferson County 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 | $21,800 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $23,840 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $29,060 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $34,540 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $44,600 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $44,600. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $29,060. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $21,800.
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 | $29,060 | 0.52% | 20.92% |
| 2021 | $28,910 | 9.58% | - |
| 2020 | $26,140 | 9.45% | - |
| 2019 | $23,670 | 7.06% | - |
| 2018 | $22,000 | 3.32% | - |
| 2017 | $21,270 | -6.82% | - |
| 2016 | $22,720 | -0.70% | - |
| 2015 | $22,880 | 0.79% | - |
| 2014 | $22,700 | -3.48% | - |
| 2013 | $23,490 | 2.17% | - |
| 2012 | $22,980 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $29,060 in Louisville-Jefferson County is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of Kentucky. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Louisville-Jefferson County is 6.6 percent (6.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Elizabethtown and 37.9 percent (37.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Elizabethtown | |
| Evansville | |
| Louisville-Jefferson County | |
| Lexington-Fayette | |
| West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Owensboro | |
| Bowling Green | |
| South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area |