State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Nebraska vs Washington
Security Guards in Washington earn a median of $47,100. In Nebraska, $39,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.5% — not 15.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.4%
Nebraska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+0.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Security Guards
- Median
- $39,840
- p25
- $37,150
- p75
- $47,400
- p10
- $34,020
- p90
- $70,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.