State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Missouri vs Washington
Security Guards in Washington earn a median of $47,100. In Missouri, $40,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.1% — not 14.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.2%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+1.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Security Guards
- Median
- $40,390
- p25
- $36,040
- p75
- $48,020
- p10
- $31,040
- p90
- $68,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.