The annual salary statistics of security guards in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of security guards in Brownsville-Harlingen 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 | $20,260 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $22,410 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $26,720 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $45,620 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $55,570 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $55,570. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $26,720. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $20,260.
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 | $26,720 | -2.32% | -11.41% |
| 2021 | $27,340 | 15.76% | - |
| 2020 | $23,030 | -6.90% | - |
| 2019 | $24,620 | 1.10% | - |
| 2018 | $24,350 | 1.85% | - |
| 2017 | $23,900 | 4.06% | - |
| 2016 | $22,930 | 2.27% | - |
| 2015 | $22,410 | 0.62% | - |
| 2014 | $22,270 | 7.18% | - |
| 2013 | $20,670 | -44.03% | - |
| 2012 | $29,770 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $26,720 in Brownsville-Harlingen is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Brownsville-Harlingen is 29.5 percent (29.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area and 15.9 percent (15.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Laredo.