State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Delaware vs Washington
Security Guards in Washington earn a median of $47,100. In Delaware, $36,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.2% — not 22.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.8%
Delaware vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-17.2%
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
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.