State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Security Guards in Washington earn a median of $47,100. In Kentucky, $35,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.8% — not 24.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.8%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-10.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Security Guards
- Median
- $35,420
- p25
- $31,440
- p75
- $40,370
- p10
- $28,450
- p90
- $50,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.