State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alabama vs Washington
Security Guards in Washington earn a median of $47,100. In Alabama, $33,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.7% — not 28.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.4%
Alabama vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-13.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Security Guards
- Median
- $33,720
- p25
- $28,060
- p75
- $37,420
- p10
- $23,110
- p90
- $45,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Washington
Security Guards
- Median
- $47,100
- p25
- $42,030
- p75
- $56,990
- p10
- $37,720
- p90
- $68,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.