State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Massachusetts vs Washington
Security Guards in Washington earn a median of $47,100. In Massachusetts, $44,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.1% — not 5.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.2%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-4.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Security Guards
- Median
- $44,670
- p25
- $37,720
- p75
- $45,760
- p10
- $34,830
- p90
- $55,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.