The annual salary statistics of security guards in Dover-Durham, New Hampshire is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of security guards in Dover-Durham 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 | $22,720 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $22,730 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $32,520 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $41,760 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $50,590 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Dover-Durham, New Hampshire in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $50,590. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $32,520. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,720.
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 | $32,520 | 3.91% | 9.47% |
| 2021 | $31,250 | -14.75% | - |
| 2020 | $35,860 | 6.13% | - |
| 2019 | $33,660 | 7.22% | - |
| 2018 | $31,230 | 1.99% | - |
| 2017 | $30,610 | 3.82% | - |
| 2016 | $29,440 | -10.26% | - |
| 2015 | $32,460 | 9.30% | - |
| 2012 | $29,440 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $32,520 in Dover-Durham is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of New Hampshire. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Dover-Durham is 29.4 percent (29.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury and 14.7 percent (14.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Lawrence-Methuen-Salem.