State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Virginia vs Washington
Security Guards in Washington earn a median of $47,100. In Virginia, $43,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.9% — not 7.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.3%
Virginia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-1.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Virginia
Security Guards
- Median
- $43,640
- p25
- $35,990
- p75
- $54,850
- p10
- $30,990
- p90
- $73,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.