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Security Guards pay in Connecticut and District of Columbia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Security Guards is $39,920 per year in Connecticut. It is $64,210 per year in District of Columbia. Connecticut is 37.8% below District of Columbia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 33-9032 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 12,100 wage and salary jobs in Connecticut and 15,880 in District of Columbia. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings