The annual salary statistics of security guards in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of security guards in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 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 | $23,500 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $27,400 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $30,510 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $36,770 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $54,420 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $54,420. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $30,510. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $23,500.
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 | $30,510 | -1.41% | 21.93% |
| 2021 | $30,940 | -2.59% | - |
| 2020 | $31,740 | 5.45% | - |
| 2019 | $30,010 | 1.20% | - |
| 2018 | $29,650 | 0.64% | - |
| 2017 | $29,460 | 2.61% | - |
| 2016 | $28,690 | 4.29% | - |
| 2015 | $27,460 | 8.12% | - |
| 2014 | $25,230 | 5.91% | - |
| 2013 | $23,740 | -0.34% | - |
| 2012 | $23,820 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $30,510 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is 19.5 percent (19.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area and 26.4 percent (26.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Laredo.