State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Arizona
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Arizona, $38,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.9% — not 24%.
Nominal pay gap
+24%
Alaska vs Arizona
COL-adjusted gap
+21.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Arizona
Security Guards
- Median
- $38,290
- p25
- $35,670
- p75
- $44,010
- p10
- $31,910
- p90
- $52,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.