State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Texas vs Washington
Security Guards in Washington earn a median of $47,100. In Texas, $35,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.8% — not 23.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.6%
Texas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-15.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Texas
Security Guards
- Median
- $35,980
- p25
- $29,290
- p75
- $43,630
- p10
- $26,950
- p90
- $50,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.