State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alabama vs Alaska
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Alabama, $33,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.1% — not 29%.
Nominal pay gap
-29%
Alabama vs Alaska
COL-adjusted gap
-18.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Security Guards
- Median
- $33,720
- p25
- $28,060
- p75
- $37,420
- p10
- $23,110
- p90
- $45,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Alaska
Security Guards
- Median
- $47,480
- p25
- $44,370
- p75
- $60,400
- p10
- $36,520
- p90
- $76,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.