State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Security Guards in Washington earn a median of $47,100. In Rhode Island, $36,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18% — not 21.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.6%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-18%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Security Guards
- Median
- $36,940
- p25
- $34,370
- p75
- $44,510
- p10
- $31,200
- p90
- $48,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.