State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Tennessee vs Washington
Security Guards in Washington earn a median of $47,100. In Tennessee, $36,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11% — not 23.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.6%
Tennessee vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Tennessee
Security Guards
- Median
- $36,000
- p25
- $30,850
- p75
- $40,620
- p10
- $29,310
- p90
- $51,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.