The annual salary statistics of security guards in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage information of security guards in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort 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 | $21,130 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $23,450 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $28,200 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $35,500 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $38,730 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $38,730. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $28,200. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $21,130.
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 | -4.18% | 8.30% |
| 2021 | $29,380 | 3.85% | - |
| 2020 | $28,250 | 0.92% | - |
| 2019 | $27,990 | 2.57% | - |
| 2018 | $27,270 | -2.64% | - |
| 2017 | $27,990 | 7.61% | - |
| 2016 | $25,860 | 4.06% | - |
| 2015 | $24,810 | -4.23% | - |
| 2012 | $25,860 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $28,200 in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of South Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort 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.