State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Delaware vs District of Columbia
Security Guards in District of Columbia earn a median of $64,210. In Delaware, $36,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.6% — not 43.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-43.4%
Delaware vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-37.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Security Guards
- Median
- $36,360
- p25
- $36,000
- p75
- $44,450
- p10
- $32,450
- p90
- $73,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
District of Columbia
Security Guards
- Median
- $64,210
- p25
- $45,510
- p75
- $74,200
- p10
- $36,600
- p90
- $78,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.