How much do Security Guards make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

Percentile spread

For Security Guards, the published 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $22,770. The difference is $930, which is 4.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $21,840 to the 75th at $21,840, covers $0.

The mean annual wage is $22,510, which sits above the median of $21,840. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR median is 42.6% lower than the national median of $38,020 for Security Guards.

It is about the same as the Puerto Rico median of $21,840.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Security Guards. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR ranks 2nd of 5 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Ponce, PR is 44 miles away, with a median of $21,840 and employment of 600. That median is about the same as the median here.
• Arecibo, PR is 48 miles away, with a median of $22,080 and employment of 310. That median is 1.1% higher than the median here.
• Aguadilla, PR is 70 miles away, with a median of $21,840 and employment of 610. That median is about the same as the median here.

Employment share

Security Guards accounts for 3.2% of wage-and-salary employment in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR (22,420 of 690,810). Nationally the occupation is 0.83% of employment (1,283,470 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.93 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.