State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Idaho vs Washington
Security Guards in Washington earn a median of $47,100. In Idaho, $38,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.9% — not 18.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.7%
Idaho vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-8.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Security Guards
- Median
- $38,300
- p25
- $34,430
- p75
- $45,930
- p10
- $32,030
- p90
- $78,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.