The annual salary statistics of security guards in San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of security guards in San Antonio-New Braunfels 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 | $22,390 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $25,440 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $28,910 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $34,970 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $45,490 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $45,490. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $28,910. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,390.
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 | $28,910 | 0.31% | 28.43% |
| 2021 | $28,820 | -4.20% | - |
| 2020 | $30,030 | -1.23% | - |
| 2019 | $30,400 | 5.62% | - |
| 2018 | $28,690 | 8.19% | - |
| 2017 | $26,340 | 12.83% | - |
| 2016 | $22,960 | 2.26% | - |
| 2015 | $22,440 | 3.48% | - |
| 2014 | $21,660 | 0.05% | - |
| 2013 | $21,650 | 4.43% | - |
| 2012 | $20,690 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $28,910 in San Antonio-New Braunfels is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in San Antonio-New Braunfels is 23.7 percent (23.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area and 22.3 percent (22.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Laredo.