The annual salary statistics of security guards in Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage data of security guards in Greenville-Mauldin-Easley 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 | $23,290 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $24,020 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $28,780 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $29,090 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $37,310 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $37,310. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $28,780. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $23,290.
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 | $28,780 | 12.20% | 23.25% |
| 2021 | $25,270 | 1.07% | - |
| 2020 | $25,000 | 3.16% | - |
| 2019 | $24,210 | 1.86% | - |
| 2018 | $23,760 | 3.37% | - |
| 2017 | $22,960 | -2.22% | - |
| 2016 | $23,470 | -1.15% | - |
| 2015 | $23,740 | 4.34% | - |
| 2014 | $22,710 | 8.45% | - |
| 2013 | $20,790 | -6.25% | - |
| 2012 | $22,090 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $28,780 in Greenville-Mauldin-Easley is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of South Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Greenville-Mauldin-Easley is 37.7 percent (37.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area and 22.3 percent (22.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Pee Dee South Carolina nonmetropolitan area.