The annual salary statistics of security guards in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of security guards in Watertown-Fort Drum 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 | $28,240 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $29,380 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $38,390 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $42,930 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $47,960 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $47,960. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $38,390. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $28,240.
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 | $38,390 | -5.76% | 15.81% |
| 2021 | $40,600 | 4.11% | - |
| 2020 | $38,930 | 14.20% | - |
| 2019 | $33,400 | 0.00% | - |
| 2018 | $33,400 | -1.26% | - |
| 2017 | $33,820 | 4.44% | - |
| 2016 | $32,320 | 11.66% | - |
| 2015 | $28,550 | -13.20% | - |
| 2012 | $32,320 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $38,390 in Watertown-Fort Drum is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Watertown-Fort Drum is 7.7 percent (7.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Kingston and 33.2 percent (33.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area.