The annual salary statistics of security guards in Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage data of security guards in Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway 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 | $21,510 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $23,150 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $27,390 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $33,780 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $48,380 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $48,380. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $27,390. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $21,510.
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 | $27,390 | -2.01% | 17.67% |
| 2021 | $27,940 | 5.19% | - |
| 2020 | $26,490 | 7.81% | - |
| 2019 | $24,420 | 1.84% | - |
| 2018 | $23,970 | -0.13% | - |
| 2017 | $24,000 | 0.92% | - |
| 2016 | $23,780 | 1.05% | - |
| 2015 | $23,530 | 3.02% | - |
| 2014 | $22,820 | -0.18% | - |
| 2013 | $22,860 | 1.36% | - |
| 2012 | $22,550 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $27,390 in Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of South Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway is 40.7 percent (40.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area and 18.3 percent (18.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Pee Dee South Carolina nonmetropolitan area.