The annual salary statistics of security guards in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of security guards in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 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 | $25,040 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $28,420 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $33,610 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $39,050 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $49,380 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for security guards in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $49,380. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $33,610. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $25,040.
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 | $33,610 | 6.07% | 13.21% |
| 2016 | $31,570 | 3.71% | - |
| 2015 | $30,400 | 4.64% | - |
| 2014 | $28,990 | 2.52% | - |
| 2013 | $28,260 | -3.22% | - |
| 2012 | $29,170 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $33,610 in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is in the middle of salary range for security guards in state of Washington. In comparison, the annual salary of security guards in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is 56.5 percent (56.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Kennewick-Pasco-Richland and 40.7 percent (40.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central Washington nonmetropolitan area.