State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Security Guards in Washington earn a median of $47,100. In Mississippi, $29,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.8% — not 38%.
Nominal pay gap
-38%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-23.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Security Guards
- Median
- $29,180
- p25
- $26,940
- p75
- $35,430
- p10
- $21,690
- p90
- $42,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.