The annual salary statistics of security guards in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage data of security guards in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 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 | $22,600 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $24,300 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $28,200 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $34,520 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $44,650 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $44,650. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $28,200. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,600.
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 | $28,200 | -2.80% | 20.14% |
| 2021 | $28,990 | 4.83% | - |
| 2020 | $27,590 | 2.94% | - |
| 2019 | $26,780 | 7.28% | - |
| 2018 | $24,830 | -0.89% | - |
| 2017 | $25,050 | 3.59% | - |
| 2016 | $24,150 | 4.76% | - |
| 2015 | $23,000 | 5.78% | - |
| 2014 | $21,670 | 4.43% | - |
| 2013 | $20,710 | -8.74% | - |
| 2012 | $22,520 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $28,200 in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of South Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill is 39.0 percent (39.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area and 20.7 percent (20.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Pee Dee South Carolina nonmetropolitan area.