The annual salary statistics of security guards in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of security guards in Fort Worth-Arlington 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 | $17,740 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $20,580 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $24,530 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $32,860 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $46,530 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $46,530. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $24,530. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $17,740.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of security guards from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $24,530 | 11.82% | 7.42% |
| 2016 | $21,630 | -1.57% | - |
| 2015 | $21,970 | 3.32% | - |
| 2014 | $21,240 | -8.24% | - |
| 2013 | $22,990 | 1.22% | - |
| 2012 | $22,710 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $24,530 in Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Fort Worth-Arlington is 35.3 percent (35.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area and 8.4 percent (8.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Laredo.