Security Guards
Mayaguez, PR metropolitan area. Estimated employment 690.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 33-9032
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
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$21,840 · 50th
$21,84010th
$21,84025th
$21,84050th
$21,84075th
$30,18090th
That is the median — half of security guards in Mayaguez earn more.
Table 1 — Nearby metros
The same job, elsewhere in Puerto Rico
Median annual pay for Security Guards across Puerto Rico metro areas, from the same federal release.
Fig. 2 — Five-year trend
Nominal against real
The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.
Nominal, as published
Real, in 2025 dollars
US$ thousands
Published pay rose 16.1% over the five years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it fell 2.3% — prices rose faster than pay since 2021. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Inflation
- Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
- Employment
- 690 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 33-9032, Security Guards. Mapped to our taxonomy as security-guards.
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