State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Georgia vs Washington
Security Guards in Washington earn a median of $47,100. In Georgia, $34,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.5% — not 25.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.7%
Georgia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-17.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Security Guards
- Median
- $34,980
- p25
- $30,920
- p75
- $39,060
- p10
- $29,060
- p90
- $48,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
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.