The annual salary statistics of security guards in Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of security guards in Texarkana-Texarkana 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 | $21,840 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $26,060 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $29,120 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $35,860 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $42,370 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $42,370. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $29,120. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $21,840.
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 | $29,120 | -6.63% | 23.39% |
| 2021 | $31,050 | 8.63% | - |
| 2020 | $28,370 | 6.56% | - |
| 2019 | $26,510 | 3.17% | - |
| 2018 | $25,670 | 1.17% | - |
| 2017 | $25,370 | -0.04% | - |
| 2016 | $25,380 | -0.59% | - |
| 2015 | $25,530 | 5.44% | - |
| 2014 | $24,140 | -8.16% | - |
| 2013 | $26,110 | 14.55% | - |
| 2012 | $22,310 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $29,120 in Texarkana-Texarkana is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Texarkana-Texarkana is 23.2 percent (23.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area and 22.9 percent (22.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Laredo.