The annual salary statistics of security guards in Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts is shown in Table 1. The wage data of security guards in Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton 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 | $24,420 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $27,660 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $34,100 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $41,490 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $50,780 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $50,780. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $34,100. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,420.
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 | $34,100 | 1.09% | 11.64% |
| 2016 | $33,730 | 1.54% | - |
| 2015 | $33,210 | 11.50% | - |
| 2014 | $29,390 | 8.34% | - |
| 2013 | $26,940 | -11.84% | - |
| 2012 | $30,130 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $34,100 in Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of Massachusetts. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton is 24.6 percent (24.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Barnstable Town and 26.1 percent (26.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area.