State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Minnesota vs Washington
Security Guards in Washington earn a median of $47,100. In Minnesota, $43,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.1% — not 7.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.9%
Minnesota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-0.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Security Guards
- Median
- $43,380
- p25
- $37,020
- p75
- $46,110
- p10
- $33,760
- p90
- $65,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.