The annual salary statistics of security guards in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of security guards in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 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 | $30,280 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $34,610 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $36,640 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $47,120 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $56,770 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $56,770. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,640. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,280.
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 | $36,640 | -3.08% | 25.08% |
| 2021 | $37,770 | 6.51% | - |
| 2020 | $35,310 | 6.15% | - |
| 2019 | $33,140 | 3.95% | - |
| 2018 | $31,830 | 4.81% | - |
| 2017 | $30,300 | 2.64% | - |
| 2016 | $29,500 | 1.53% | - |
| 2015 | $29,050 | -1.89% | - |
| 2014 | $29,600 | 2.33% | - |
| 2013 | $28,910 | 5.05% | - |
| 2012 | $27,450 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $36,640 in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 11.9 percent (11.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Kingston and 30.0 percent (30.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area.