State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Colorado vs Washington
Security Guards in Washington earn a median of $47,100. In Colorado, $45,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.5% — not 4.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.1%
Colorado vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-0.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Security Guards
- Median
- $45,150
- p25
- $37,920
- p75
- $47,580
- p10
- $36,160
- p90
- $57,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.