State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
Security Guards in Washington earn a median of $47,100. In Pennsylvania, $37,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.8% — not 21.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.3%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-13.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Security Guards
- Median
- $37,050
- p25
- $34,570
- p75
- $44,300
- p10
- $30,050
- p90
- $54,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.